Neither the State Duma nor the Federation Council can override the decisions of the Constitutional Court on the death penalty. This statement was made by Andrei Klishas, Senator of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the Russian Federation, in his speech. telegram channel.
“Neither the Duma nor the Federation Council can overcome the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation,” the parliamentarian wrote.
According to information obtained from open sources, this penalty has not been applied since the late 1990s, and the decisions of the Constitutional Court in 1999 and 2009 confirm this ban.
Shortly before that, Federation Council Senator Elena Afanasyeva claimsRussian citizens are waiting for the moratorium on the death penalty to be lifted for some serious crimes, including terrorism. United Russia party promised study in depth subject of the death penalty.
Putin before spoke about the death penalty during a meeting with the press.