There is a proposal in Russia to introduce the death penalty for terrorists. This was announced by the leader of the “Fair Russia – For Truth” party, Sergey Mironov, in an interview with TASS he gave.
According to Mironov, the only just punishment for terrorists can be death. His faction has demanded several times the reinstatement of the death penalty for terrorists and their associates and will continue to fight for this issue.
“A humanitarian approach towards those who have engaged in terrorist acts must be stopped,” said Mironov.
The Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia, Valery Zorkin, stated that the death penalty in Russia could only be reintroduced with the adoption of a new Constitution, and there is no other way.
For your information, the death penalty has not been applied in Russia since April 16, 1997. This is related to the signing of Protocol No. 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by the Russian Federation, which is related to the abolition of the death penalty. However, the death penalty as a type of punishment is still enshrined in Article 59 of the Russian Criminal Code. It can only be applied for extremely grave crimes against life. Thus, the death penalty has not been applied in practice in Russia since 1997, but it is still preserved in legislation as a type of punishment.
