The State Duma initiates the return of the death penalty in Russia

State Duma deputy Konstantin Zatulin said he intends to initiate consultations between the lower house of parliament and the president on the issue of restoring the death penalty in Russia.

The deputy said that the reason is the massive murder in the school of Izhevsk.

Zatulin consistently declares his desire to return capital punishment. So, in May 2021, after a shooting at a Kazan school, he urged to return executions to the punishment system and expressed confidence that his idea “will be supported by all adequate Russians.” “We are obliged to think about how to cut off the worthless flesh,” said the deputy. At the end of February 2022, he declaredthat the termination of Russia’s membership in the Council of Europe could be a “great relief” for Russians, because from that moment on, the obligation of a moratorium on the death penalty “will cease to exist.”