Russia 2002
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News on Russia in 2002
- APRIL 22, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia is ready to join the convention on the abolition...
Russia is ready to join the convention on the abolition of the death penalty, Federation Council speaker Sergey Mironov said in Strasbourg taking part in a PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] session
- APRIL 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia escaped censure of its war record in Chechnya...
Russia escaped censure of its war record in Chechnya when the UN commission on human rights defeated a motion condemning it for alleged summary executions, torture and other violations
- APRIL 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Secretary General of the European Council Walter Schwimmer...
Secretary General of the European Council Walter Schwimmer has expressed concern about statements by some Russian public figures for reinstating the death penalty
- APRIL 17, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Alexander Zdanovich, Director of the Directorate of...
Alexander Zdanovich, Director of the Directorate of Programs of Assistance to the Federal Security Service, said the federal troops captured Aslan Maskhadov's archive in a special operation in Cechnya
- APRIL 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A number of Russian renowned scientists, writers and...
A number of Russian renowned scientists, writers and public figures have sent a letter to the State Duma, calling for the abolition of the death penalty
- APRIL 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian judiciary community will support the abolition...
The Russian judiciary community will support the abolition of the death penalty
- APRIL 7, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will not repeal...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will not repeal the moratorium on the death penalty currently in place
- MARCH 27, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Peter Schieder, has urged Russia and Europe to unite their efforts in combating terrorism
- MARCH 25, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia said its forces had killed more than 12,000...
Russia said its forces had killed more than 12,000 rebels in separatist Chechnya since returning to the region in 1999, but rights groups called the figures grossly exaggerated
- MARCH 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer said he is concerned over the renewed discussion of death sentences and executions in Russia
- MARCH 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]...
PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] chairman Peter Shider believes that everything achieved in Russia through its Council of Europe membership outweighs any negative factors
- MARCH 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Rostov regional legislature passed a resolution...
The Rostov regional legislature passed a resolution demanding renunciation of the moratorium on capital punishment
- MARCH 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 100 prominent Russians, including world chess...
More than 100 prominent Russians, including world chess champion Anatoly Karpov and holder of the Nobel Prize for physics Zhores Alfyorov, urged President Vladimir Putin to reinstate the death penalty
- MARCH 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The State Duma rejected the Liberal Democratic Party-drafted...
The State Duma rejected the Liberal Democratic Party-drafted call for President Vladimir Putin to renounce Protocol No
- MARCH 13, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his strong opposition to the death penalty
- MARCH 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov, leader of the Union of Right...
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov, leader of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) speaking at the press centre of the Central House of Journalists, said: "The Duma constantly debates whether drug dealers should be hanged or jailed for life
- MARCH 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
State Duma Legislation Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov...
State Duma Legislation Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov said during a press conference: "We planned to have the debate in March, but now we will put it off to a later date
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Alexei...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Alexei Gromov told journalists that Putin's position on the abolition of capital punishment has not changed
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
President Vladimir Putin met with the head of the People's...
President Vladimir Putin met with the head of the People's Deputy group in the State Duma, Gennady Raikov
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A protest rally on an unprecedented scale has been...
A protest rally on an unprecedented scale has been going on since February 12 in Tsotsin-Yurt, a Chechen website reported
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov...
Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov has spoken in favor of the soonest possible ratification of protocol No
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Analysts at the presidential state law department said...
Analysts at the presidential state law department said that The Russian president has no power to lift the moratorium from the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed his...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed his stance on the use of capital punishment in Russia and noted that he favoured its abolition
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian Orthodox Church favors continued public...
The Russian Orthodox Church favors continued public discussion on the abolishment of the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court...
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court Tamara Morshchakova described the appeal by the State Duma for [Russian] President [Vladimir Putin] to lift the moratorium on the death penalty as a populist measure
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma approved an appeal to President...
The Russian State Duma approved an appeal to President Vladimir Putin by 266 votes to 85
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Yuriy Chayka, Russia's Justice Minister, said that...
Yuriy Chayka, Russia's Justice Minister, said that he is against the proposed lifting of Russia's current moratorium on the death penalty in comments on an appeal by members of the lower house of parliament to President Vladimir Putin to lift the moratori
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Independent State Duma deputy Sergey Yushenkov has...
Independent State Duma deputy Sergey Yushenkov has said he believes that the Duma appeal to the president to lift the moratorium on the death penalty "has been staged by the Kremlin"
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma (lower house) adopted an appeal...
The Russian State Duma (lower house) adopted an appeal to the president Vladimir Putin initiated by member of the People's Deputy parliamentary group Arkady Paskayev, saying it deems it too early "to ratify Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Governor of Novgorod region Mikhail Prusak said he...
Governor of Novgorod region Mikhail Prusak said he thinks it is premature to fully abolish the death sentence in Russia