RUSSIA

The Russian Federation. Capital: Moscow. Located in northern Asia, Russia borders the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean.

For information on the conflict in the breakaway republic of Chechnya, please see our hot topic European Human Rights Court Will Hear Chechen Cases

Documents

• Constitution International Constitutional Law (from Berne University)

• Constitution (from Bucknell University)

• Civil Code

• Criminal Code

• Administrative Offences Code

• Tax Code

• Customs Code

Government

• The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

• Duma in Russian only

• Organs of the National Government of the Russian Federation in Russian only

• Ministry of Agriculture and Food

• The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Non-Governmental Organizations

• Amnesty International

• AsylumLaw.org

• Derechos

• Freedom House

• Memorial

• Human Rights Watch

• Russian Feminism Resources

• Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union

• Sierra Club, Human Rights and the Environment Campaign.

Other Resources

• CIA World Factbook

• CountryReports.org

• Guide to Law Online (from the Law Library of Congress)

• Governments on the WWW

• INCORE

• International Monetary Fund

Last updated August 20, 2007.