Russia

Capital city — Moscow

Country population
144,478,050
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Semi-President…
Human Development Index
0.824
(49/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
9.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
518,391
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
359
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
73 %
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01/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
940
209 pre-trial ins…
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
8.1 %
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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10/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
18.8 %
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03/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.1 % (41,990)

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03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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10/2015

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

18.8 % (97,458)

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03/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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