Hands Off Cain
RUSSIA·DEATH PENALTY·AUGUST 6, 1999·1 MIN READ

On August 6, President Yeltsin formally asked Parliament...

On August 6, President Yeltsin formally asked Parliament to abolish the death penalty in Russia, after sending to the State Duma the protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights which would remove capital punishment from the statute books

On August 6, President Yeltsin formally asked Parliament to abolish the death penalty in Russia, after sending to the State Duma the protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights which would remove capital punishment from the statute books.