The State Duma rejected the Liberal Democratic Party-drafted...
The State Duma rejected the Liberal Democratic Party-drafted call for President Vladimir Putin to renounce Protocol No
1 MIN READ
The State Duma rejected the Liberal Democratic Party-drafted call for President Vladimir Putin to renounce Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which bans capital punishment.
As few as 33 parliamentarians supported the LDPR move, while 122 voted against it.LDPR members insisted that the moratorium on capital punishment does not serve Russia's interests.
Most Duma members did not vote at all on the issue, and there was no general discussion. Only Nikolai Kolomeitsev, a communist deputy, wondered why the Duma had to vote on a protocol that it had never ratified.
As few as 33 parliamentarians supported the LDPR move, while 122 voted against it.LDPR members insisted that the moratorium on capital punishment does not serve Russia's interests.
Most Duma members did not vote at all on the issue, and there was no general discussion. Only Nikolai Kolomeitsev, a communist deputy, wondered why the Duma had to vote on a protocol that it had never ratified.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Interfax News Agency, 13/03/2002)
KEEP READING
ALL THE NEWS · DEATH PENALTY On the same front
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 2, 2026
IRAN - Aziz Roshanayi executed in Shiraz on September 2
DEATH PENALTYSEPTEMBER 2, 2026
IRAN - 3 men executed in Mashhad on September 2
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
Pakistan: ASI sentenced to death for killing two brothers in Swabi
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
Bangladesh: HC confirms death sentence of lone accused for rape, murder of 8-year-old Asiya
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 31, 2026
IRAN - Mojtaba Salahi Laghani executed in Rasht on September 2
DEATH PENALTYAUGUST 30, 2026