The Russian Duma ruled this Thursday exclude the death penalty He prepared the draft law in the “treason” cases of the Criminal Code and returned it to its authors. The death penalty is legal in Russia, although it has not been used since the 2001 moratorium that provided for the removal of the phrase “death penalty” from the Criminal Code, a moratorium approved on the initiative of 30 deputies of the Russian Lower House, including Boris Nemtsov, Yegor Gaidar and Sergei Kovalev. The Duma regulation contemplates the possibility of repealing already approved amendments if they are foreseen. Changes expired laws or if any rejected as a result of voting.
Nemtsov a assassinated competitor In 2015, in the heart of Moscow, Kovalev and Gaidar died in 2021 and 2009, respectively. One of the supporters of the still alive project, Boris Nadezhdin, told the Russian newspaper Vedomosti that this did not happen. withdrawal notice As far as he learned in the news, the only person among the signatories of the initiative still in the Duma Pavel Krasheninnikovnow a member of the ruling United Russia party.
Nadezhdin explained vedomosti According to the current legislation in Russia, the Duma cannot think of making a bill. In conclusion, it can be said that the Russian Parliament has prepared a new draft law on the death penalty. Russian lawmakers on Friday proposed tougher penalties for terrorism, treason and sabotage charges, Russian news agencies reported.
‘No’ to a new moratorium
as you assured Boris Nadezhdin with vedomosti, according to the regulations, the State Duma cannot begin consideration of a new moratorium if another initiative on this issue has already passed one of the readings. Therefore, it can be assumed that there is a presentation. invoice Open death penalty to the State Duma.
Some Russian voices had spoken in favor of reintroducing the death penalty. The head of the Crimea, which Russia put, Sergei Aksionov,” he stated. it is necessary to give life” He drew attention to the officials of the Russian Ministry of Defense and that during the Second World War they would be sentenced to death. The leader of “Fair Russia”, Sergei Mironov, voiced the need for the abolition of the moratorium, and he sent a letter to the head of the Constitutional Court with such an appeal. This decision, the Liberal Democratic Party supported by its leader, Leonid Slutsky. The former president of Russia also decided in favor. Dmitry Medvedevspeaking of the need to reinstate it for wartime sabotage cases.