The proposal of the death penalty as an effective anti-terrorism...

The proposal of the death penalty as an effective anti-terrorism instrument after the the May 9 terrorist act in Kaspiisk, Dagestan, caused a controversial reaction among North Caucasus leaders.
Immediately after the explosion that killed 43 people, members of the Dagestani parliament demanded that the leadership of the country lift the moratorium on death penalty for those who plan and carry out terrorist acts. The demand was supported by North Ossetian lawmakers, some of the State Duma members and regional politicians.
A State Duma deputy from Dagestan, Gadzhi Makhachev, said "there is no other way to eradicate this evil. The fear for one's own life will be a serious deterrence for criminals."Karachai-Cherkess President Vladimir Semyonov spoke in favour of the severest punishment to terrorists responsible for mass killings.
"There must be only one punishment to these monsters - death penalty", he told Itar-Tass.However some leaders in southern Russia and human rights activists are against "tough recipes" for fighting extremism. North Ossetian President Alexander Dzasokhov said the lifting of the moratorium would mean Russia's deviation from the principles of humanism and law.
Chechen leader Akhmat Kadyrov is convinced that the lifting of the moratorium will "not change the situation dramatically".
"As a rule, terrorists are people with a certain frame of mind, fanatics, and death does not scare them", he told Itar-Tass by telephone from Grozny, adding that they fear life imprisonment more than death.
Kadyrov believes that police and special services should step up the fight against terrorism, and the state must create proper conditions for them.