RUSSIAN FEDERATION On ratification of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Independent States on human rights and fundamental freedoms Adopted by the State Duma on October 20 1995 Approved by the Federation Council on 25 October 1995 Ratification of the Commonwealth of Independent States Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed by the States members of the Commonwealth of Independent States States in Minsk on 26 May 1995. President of the Russian Federation Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin November 4, 1995 N 163-FZ