Is corporal punishment allowed in schools in Russia?
Banned
Russian law explicitly prohibits the use of physical violence against students.
Russia is one of 41 countries classified “Banned” for corporal punishment in schools — 84% of the 49 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: School corporal punishment
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Finland
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools has been banned by law in Finland since 1984.
- Norway
- Banned Corporal punishment is explicitly prohibited in the Education Act 1998, amended in 2008.
- Sweden
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools has been prohibited since 1958 and all forms outlawed since 1966.
- China
- Banned Corporal punishment is officially banned in schools under the Compulsory Education Law of 1986.
- Ukraine
- Banned Corporal punishment is banned by the Constitution and the Law on Education, with dismissal for teachers who use it.
- Poland
- Banned The Constitution of Poland vests the ban on corporal punishment in schools.
Other laws in Russia
- Death Penalty
- Not used in practice
- Gun Laws
- Restrictive
- Military Conscription
- Active conscription
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