voted against the Code. However, the Federation Council took longer than allowed by the Constitution to come to its decision. This allowed Yeltsin to sign the Code into law. In other words, as Sergei Alexeyev put it, the Civil Code became law almost "by accident". See also Law of the Russian Federation Criminal Code of Russia Offences Code of Russia Family Code of Russia Customs Code of Russia References External links Full text English translation of parts 1 to 3 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. Old edition on December 23, 2003, after this date many changes were made. Full text English translation of part 4 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation made by Rospatent in 2011. Russian Federation, Federal law no. 231- of 2006: . Law 231-FL of December 18, 2006: implementation act for part IV of the Civil Code. In Russian. URL last accessed 2010-07-13. Law of Russia Russia