"The Russian Federation has special bilateral and multilateral international treaties on legal assistance in criminal matters with 67 States. In particular, Russia is a Party to the 1959 European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and to the 1978 Additional Protocol thereto, as well as to the 1993 Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters and the 1997 Protocol thereto, concluded within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)." (Quoted from article)