According to a Public Opinion Foundation’s survey held on 11-12 April 2015 among 1,500 respondents in

According to a Public Opinion Foundation’s survey held on 11-12 April 2015 among 1,500 respondents in 100 localities of 43 regions, 60% of Russian citizens, compared to 80% in 2001, see the death penalty as an acceptable punishment. Twenty-two percent of those polled, compared to 16% in 2001, said the death penalty was unacceptable. Seventeen percent of those surveyed were undecided.
Seventy-one percent of respondents said that the death penalty can only be applied to criminals who have committed sexual violence against minors, 57% said this punishment can be applied to murderers, 55% to terrorists, 46% to rapists and 34% to drug traffickers.
Forty-one percent of those polled said that the moratorium on the death penalty was a wrong decision. Thirty-three percent of respondents upheld it and 26% were undecided.
Asked whether the death penalty should be restored in Russia 49% of those polled answered in the affirmative, 5% said it should be annulled altogether, 27% would like the moratorium to be maintained and 19% were undecided.