<P> Capital punishment in Russia currently is not allowed . There exists both an implicit moratorium established by President Boris Yeltsin in 1996, and an explicit one, established by the Constitutional Court of Russia in 1999 and most recently reaffirmed in 2009 . Russia has not executed anyone since 1996 . </P> <P> In medieval Russia capital punishment was extremely rare, and was even banned in many, if not most, principalities . The Law of Yaroslavl (c. 1017) put restrictions on what crimes warranted execution . Later, the law was amended in much of the country to completely ban capital punishment . </P>

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