Russian Federation
Practice Relating to Rule 77. Expanding Bullets
The Russian Federation’s Military Manual (1990) prohibits the use of various weapons that cause unnecessary suffering, including “bullets that expand or flatten easily in the human body”.
The Russian Federation’s Regulations on the Application of IHL (2001) states: “The following shall be prohibited to use in the course of combat operations: … bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, both specially manufactured or modified to cause such an effect later on.”