RUSSIA. RUSSIA DETERMINED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY - GRYZLOV
Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said Russia will abolish the death penalty sooner or later.
Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said Russia will abolish the death penalty sooner or later.
"Whatever effort and time is needed, the ratification of protocol No. 6 [to the European Convention of Human Rights] is a national priority for us," he said at a mini-session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Moscow.
"Whatever effort and time is needed, the ratification of protocol No. 6 [to the European Convention of Human Rights] is a national priority for us," he said at a mini-session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Moscow.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Interfax, 29/05/2006)