RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On ratification of the Consular Convention between the Russian Federation and the Italian Republic , adopted by the State Duma on 21 November 2001 " Approved by the Federation Council on 5 December 2001 , to ratify the Consular Convention between the Russian Federation and the Italian Republic, signed in Rome on 15 January 2001. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Moscow, Kremlin 17 December 2001 N 172-FZ