The Russian Federation’s Federal Refugee Law (1993), as amended, states: “The provisions of this Federal Law shall not apply to a person … with respect to whom there are serious reasons for assuming that he has committed … a war crime … as defined in the international instruments drawn up to make provisions in respect to such crimes.” 

The Russian Federation’s Law on Forcibly Displaced Persons (1993), as amended, states: “No person may be recognized as forcibly displaced if he/she has committed a crime against peace and humanity or another grave international crime.”