Part One. General Provisions
Section I. Basic Provisions
Chapter 4. Grounds for Refusal of the Institution of a Criminal Case and for Termination of Criminal Case or Criminal Prosecution
Article 27. Grounds for Termination of the Criminal Prosecution
1. 3) as a result of an act of grace ;
SECTION ONE
CHAPTER 2. HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Article 50
3. Any person convicted of a crime shall have the right to appeal against the verdict to a higher court in accordance with the procedure established by federal law, as well as to request pardon or mitigation of the punishment.
General Part
Section IV. Release from Criminal Responsibility and Punishment
Chapter 13. Amnesty. Pardon. Criminal Record
Article 85. Pardon
1. Pardon may be granted by the President of the Russian Federation in respect of a specific person.
2. A person who has been convicted for a crime may be released from the further serving of his sentence, or the inflicted punishment may be reduced or replaced with a milder penalty by an act of pardon. The criminal record may be struck from a person who has served punishment, through an act of pardon .
1. Having regard to paragraph 10 of the Preamble and article 1, the Court shall determine that a case is inadmissible where:
(b) The case has been investigated by a State which has jurisdiction over it and the State has decided not to prosecute the person concerned, unless the decision resulted from the unwillingness or inability of the State genuinely to prosecute;