Article 59: Death penalty

1. The death penalty, as an exceptional measure, may be imposed only for crimes of a particularly serious nature affecting life. 2. No death penalty shall be imposed on women or on persons who have committed a crime. 2.1 The death penalty shall not be imposed on a person extradited by the Russian Federation. the Federation by a foreign State for criminal prosecution in accordance with an international treaty of the Russian Federation or on the basis of the principle of reciprocity if, in accordance with the law, The death penalty for an offence committed by that person is not provided for or the non-application of the death penalty is a condition of extradition or the death penalty cannot be imposed 3. The death penalty may be commuted by pardon to life imprisonment or 25 years ' imprisonment.