Legal System-Russia

This article is about the legal system within the Russian Federation.

General Legal Tradition
The legal tradition in China is the Civil Law system. As Russia is a former member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the use of a codified system of law is used to establish how the law is enacted and enforced within their borders.

Agencies involved in the Criminal Justice System
There are Five Ministry level agencies that supervise the criminal justice system within Russia.
 * The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD) [Ministerstvo vnutrennih del Rossijskoj federacii] oversees two law enforcement elemets within the Federation (2016 Ministry).
 * The Police of Russia [Politsiya], which is the primary law enforcement agency within Russia
 * The Main Directorate for Road Traffic Safety is the primary traffic enforcement agency within Russia (2016 Gibdd).
 * The Investigative Committee of Russia (Sledkom) [Sledstvenny komitet], is responsible for investigating all alegations of corruption within the Russian government, including the police force (Sergeev 2012).
 * The Ministry of Justice of Russia is responsible for overseeing the Legal and Penal Systems.
 * The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) [Federalnaya Sluzhba Ispolneniya Nakazaniy] is responsible for overseeing and running the Prisons and Penal colonies with the Russian Federation.
 * The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) [Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii] is responsible for all national security investigations and border protection.
 * The Federal Protective Service (FSO) [Federalnaya Sluzhba Okhrany] is responsible for protecting and investigating threats against government officials.

Correctional Institutions within Russia
The Ministry of Justice within Russia operates 4 types of facilities, Pre-Trial confinement, Prison, Juvenile hard labor colonies and Adult Labor colonies.

Russia has a prison population of 640,357 inmates (2016 Russia). This makes up about 0.45% of the total population of Russia.

Russia has experienced multiple problems with combatting communicable diseases such as tuberculosis in their Labor colonies. An example o this is the large outbreak of Multi-Drug resistant tuberculosis (Bobrik 2005).