Russia 2002
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Russia in 2002
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and...
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and executions should be public, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky declared at a round-table meeting titled 'The Abolishment of the Death Penalty Moratorium'
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state...
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state prosecutors a tongue-lashing for allowing thousands of violent criminals to walk free and told them to improve the conviction rate for serious crimes
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy...
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy in Chechnya, expressed mixed feelings about the ban on the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma drafted an appeal to President...
The Russian State Duma drafted an appeal to President Vladimir Putin against the possible banning of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Duma committee for legislation recommended to the...
The Duma committee for legislation recommended to the lower chamber of the Russian parliament the ratification of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian government faces growing demands to re-institute...
The Russian government faces growing demands to re-institute the death penalty following a five-year moratorium
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Writer Anatoly Pristavkin, adviser the Russian president...
Writer Anatoly Pristavkin, adviser the Russian president Vladimir Putin on pardons, hopes that Russia "will soon bow out of the shameful list" of countries that have execution in force
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sergey Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council (the...
Sergey Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council (the upper house of the Russian parliament) voiced his support for the moratorium on the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian presidential aide on pardon matters and prominent...
Russian presidential aide on pardon matters and prominent writer Anatoly Pristavkin spoke out categorically against a national referendum on re-introducing the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Many Duma deputies from the pro-presidential coalition...
Many Duma deputies from the pro-presidential coalition are supporters of restoration of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The public debate in Russia over the future of the...
The public debate in Russia over the future of the death penalty heated up when the justice minister said it should be scrapped, while a regional governor said the murder rate showed it ought to be kept
- JANUARY 30, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vasily has no regrets about his old job as an executioner,...
Vasily has no regrets about his old job as an executioner, but still cannot bring himself to slaughter animals on his small farm
- JANUARY 29, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The murder of a young couple, Alexander and Mariya,...
The murder of a young couple, Alexander and Mariya, apparently by a gang who were after his $60,000 Lexus, sparked fresh debate over the future of the death penalty - on hold in Russia since 1996
- JANUARY 24, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A briefing submitted by Amnesty International to the...
A briefing submitted by Amnesty International to the 26th Session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women said that in the armed conflict in Chechnya, women have suffered a variety of human rights abuses including rape, arbi
- JANUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's current laws concerning Criminal Procedures...
Russia's current laws concerning Criminal Procedures are "too soft," an advisor to the prosecutor general Vladimir Kolesnikov said at a press conference
- JANUARY 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In 1996, the then President Boris Yeltsin imposed a...
In 1996, the then President Boris Yeltsin imposed a moratorium on the use of capital punishment when Russia joined the Council of Europe on February 28 of that year