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Former Russian President Medvedev does not rule out a return to the death penalty

The death penalty is suspended in Russia, but not abolished. Former President Medvedev says it could be reintroduced under certain conditions.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev does not theoretically rule out the reintroduction of the death penalty in his country. The reason could be, for example, a worsening of the crime situation, he told the state news agency Ria Nowosti.

The international obligation to suspend the death penalty ceased to apply when he left the Council of Europe. At the same time, he emphasized that it was a “difficult question” and that there was no need to reintroduce it if everything remained “quiet” in Russia.

“There are no more restrictions,” said the current deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council. Moral and religious considerations remained, as did the previous case law of the Russian Constitutional Court against the death penalty. “But the decisions of the constitutional court are not holy scriptures, they can change,” said Medvedev, according to information on Friday in Moscow.

Death penalty suspended, not abolished

He pointed out that the Soviet Union reintroduced the death penalty, which had been suspended after World War II, when crime got out of hand. Russia did not abolish the penalty when it joined the Council of Europe in 1996, but it was suspended by a moratorium that was extended several times.

Because of the war against Ukraine that began on February 24, Russia left the Council of Europe to avoid expulsion. After that, the largest human rights organization in the European states voted to exclude Moscow.

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