Russia’s Constitutional Court upheld the constitutionalaty of 2008 Criminal Procedure Code amendments that provide for terrorism defendants to be tried without a jury. The Court held that the right to jury trial is not a fundamental right under the Russian Constitution. Although Article 20 of the Constitution provides a right to jury trial if the death penalty may be imposed (which includes terrorism cases), the Court found this provision inapplicable because the death penalty is currently suspended in Russia.
http://lenta.ru/news/2010/04/19/jury/
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