State Duma deputy speaker Vladimir Zhirinovskiy told...

State Duma deputy speaker Vladimir Zhirinovskiy told Interfax in an interview that Putin's statement about the unacceptability of executions in Russia was "an outright concession to the West".
"The abolition of execution in Russia is impossible because, historically, criminals have been ruthlessly punished in Russia," the deputy speaker said. Execution justifies itself "in the conditions of the criminal situation that has emerged in Russia", he added.
Capital punishment contributes "not only to crime reduction, but also to the moral satisfaction of Russia's citizens", he said. "We need executions by shooting in every quarter, and killers, terrorists and crooks should be hanged on the execution site in Red Square. Only then will the people feel secure," Zhirinovskiy said.