Under current legislation in the Russian Federation, criminal liability for crimes against freedom of the person is provided by articles on “abduction of a person”, “unlawful deprivation of liberty”, “human trafficking” and “use of slave labour”.
According to data from the Walk Free Foundation, Russia
entered the top ten countries in terms of absolute number of slaves.
Russia is in the company of India, China, Pakistan, North Korea, Nigeria, Iran, Indonesia, Congo and the Philippines. According to their estimates, 794,000 people in Russia are living in slavery. This is equivalent to one in every 200 people.