Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Russia, but is not used due to a moratorium and no death sentences or executions have occurred since 2 August 1996. Russia has a moratorium implicitly established by President Boris Yeltsin in 1996, and explicitly established by the Constitutional Court of Russia in 1999 and reaffirmed in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Russia
Feeling threatened by big bad Russia?
The USA continues to execute for capital crimes.
Not that it’s a bad thing,
Now, capital punishment in Russia consists of accidentally falling out of 17th Floor windows.