The federal Criminal Code of the Russian Federation...

The federal Criminal Code of the Russian Federation envisages the death penalty for five crimes. These are: premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances; assassination attempt against a state or public figure; assassination attempt against a person administering justice or conducting a preliminary investigation; assassination attempt against a law enforcement officer and genocide.With the introduction of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of 1996 the number of capital offences was reduced from 33 to five. However, the five crimes that were retained were those that had previously accounted for the majority of death sentences.