"Flag in their hands": the chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation told how to return the execution of the Kremlin

On Tuesday, November 29, the chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation Valery Zorkin said, RIA Novosti reports. The death penalty, as a measure of punishment, was present in the Criminal Code of Russia, but in 1999 the Constitutional Court approved the moratorium of its use of the country.

Speaking at the X All -Russian Congress of Judges in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Zorkkin noted that the cancellation of the moratorium is possible only if the provisions of the Russian Constitution change.

"I do not want and cannot interfere with the affairs of a political decision, a legislative decision, but probably, it is still necessary to conclude in these circumstances: only a change in the Constitution in these circumstances can serve as a basis for restoring the death penalty. It belongs to the 2nd section-"rights and freedoms of man and citizen.

" At the same time, he said that if Russian politicians that require the return of execution are ready to change the country's main document, then "the flag to their hands. " The head of the Constitutional Court also believes that the abolition of the moratorium on the use of the highest punishment would be "a very bad signal to society. " According to the newspaper "Agency.

Novosti", Zorkin's statement was made against the background of numerous calls for Russian politicians to return the death penalty in Russia. One of the most fierce agitators for the cancellation of the moratorium was the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Security of the Russian Federation and Explore -resident Dmitry Medvedev.

In particular, he said that it was necessary to execute "saboteurs" who set fire to military enlistment offices and undermine objects in the territory of the Russian Federation. The Russian politician also spoke for the murder of the Ukrainian military, whom he considers "guilty" in the "execution of Russian prisoners of war".

The speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin also believes that the death penalty in wartime is permissible (we recall that Russia refuses to use the term "war", calling aggression against Ukraine "special military operation"). Russian propagandists on state TV channels have also repeatedly stated the need to cancel the moratorium. Yes, Vladimir Solovyov urged to kill "saboteurs, terrorists, traitors and deserters.