Russian parliamentary speaker tells Europe he is against death penalty
STRASBOURG, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - One of Russia's most senior politicians said Wednesday that he strongly opposes the restoration of the death penalty. Russia imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in 1996, but is yet to abolish it constitutionally, which is an obligation under its membership of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Sergei Mironov, the speaker of the upper chamber of parliament, told delegates to another European body in France, "I am a convinced opponent of the death penalty, but objectively there are few people in Russia who support it." The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will hear a report Wednesday evening on Council of Europe member countries that have not yet abolished the death penalty.
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