On March 26, a plenary session was held in the State Duma, returning the death penalty after the terrorist attack at the “Crocus City Hall.” Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin stated that for the abolition of the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia, no referendum will be needed, the decision of the Constitutional Court will be enough. He also separately noted that the moratorium was imposed in the framework of obligations to the Council of Europe. At the moment, Russia has withdrawn from it. This was reported to readers by RIA News.
The Constitutional Court refused to comment the speaker’s statements “because in the context of discussing this issue in today’s situation, the question may be subject to consideration by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.”
Also the words of the LDPR leader during the discussion of the return of the death penalty worth to see it. Slutsky believes that “the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia should be lifted.”
In turn, Andrey Klishas thinks that “due to the requirements of the current Constitution, the only acceptable way to reintroduce the death penalty is to adopt a new Constitution.” He wrote about this in his telegram channel.
Also in his telegram channel, the head of the “New People” faction expressed doubt. Nechaev wrote: “We must remember the price of a judicial mistake. It is the life of an innocent person. Reinstating the death penalty creates the risk of such mistakes in the future.” He also noted that it is not worth going back to what the Bolsheviks did, starting with “enemies of the revolution” and ending with figures of culture and scientists.
It is important to note that the law is not retroactive, so any decision made now will not apply to terrorists who committed the terrorist act in «Crocus». They will be judged according to the laws currently in force.
