Russian Federation
Practice Relating to Rule 78. Exploding Bullets
The Russian Federation’s Military Manual (1990) prohibits the use of various weapons that cause unnecessary suffering, including “projectiles weighing less than 400 grammes, which are either explosive or charged with fulminating or inflammable substances”.
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: … projectiles of a weight below 400 grammes, which are either explosive or charged with fulminating or inflammable substances.”