The Death Penalty in Russia

Author(s): Angelika Nussberger, Dmitry Marenkov
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 10
Pages: 2-5
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2006

The death penalty is still part of the Russian penal code, but a presidential moratorium and a Constitutional Court ruling block courts from imposing this sentence or implementing it under current conditions. There is no majority in the Duma for changing the law, even though Russia, as a member of the Council of Europe, is obliged to do so. At the present time, this question remains completely unresolved.

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