Russia
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Russia adopted DNA database legislation in January 2009 which came into effect in 2010. It includes persons convicted of serious crimes and unidentified bodies.
Resources
- Press articles
- Russia and India Report: Scientists to map the Russian genome (2nd March 2015)
- RT: Bill to have all Russians fingerprinted and DNA profiled submitted to parliament (19th November 2014)
- Izvestia: Russian Interior Ministry to Co-Finance Creation of DNA Database (27th June 2012)
- Voice of Russia: Russia to Create Severe Offenders Database (22nd Feb 2012)
- RT: Russia steps up crimefighting with creation of DNA database (23rd October 2011)
- RT: Russia steps up crimefighting with creation of DNA database (23rd October 2011)
- RiaNovosti: Nationwide DNA database should be established in Russia - senator (15th September 2010))
- RiaNovosti: North Caucasus police chief welcomes regional fingerprint, DNA database (25th August 2010)
- Ria Novosti: Chechen MP decries fingerprinting plan as human rights violation (3rd April 2010)
- RiaNovosti: Russia's top forensics officer backs fingerprint, DNA database (1st April 2010)
- The Moscow Times: Bastrykin Calls for Test DNA Database (18th March 2010)
- RiaNovosti: DNA testing: pros and cons (1st April 2009)
- Moscow Times: Medvedev Signs DNA Law (8th December 2008)
- Jurist: Russia president signs criminal DNA database bill into law (6th December 2008)
- Kommersant: Russia creates Federal DNA Database (19th November 2008)
