Rossiya proposes death penalty for serious corruption crimes

In the State Duma of Russia, a proposal was put forward to apply the death penalty to officials for certain serious corruption crimes. This was reported by Zamin.uz.

Among the sources reporting this is an interview given by the RTVI television channel. According to Sergey Mironov, leader of the A Just Russia party, certain actions committed by officials in pursuit of personal interests can cause serious harm to citizens' safety and the country's defense capability.

Mironov expressed this view in an interview with RTVI, emphasizing that such crimes should be equated with treason and espionage against the state and punished by the death penalty. According to the proposal, a new criminal offense—corrupt activity causing harm to the country's defense capability and citizens' security—could be introduced into the Russian Criminal Code.

Under this provision, officials who violate their political and service duties would face strict punishment. In Russian legislation, the death penalty remains the most severe form of punishment.

However, since 1997, a moratorium on its application has been in effect, and this punishment is not carried out in practice. Although the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has temporarily suspended the application of the death penalty, this type of punishment still exists in the law.

The last person executed in Russia was Sergey Golovkin, known by the nickname Fisher, a serial killer executed in 1996.

Golovkin murdered 11 boys in the Orel region in the 1990s, and his sexual motivation was fully confirmed during the trial. Since that case, no one else in Russia has been sentenced to death.

For this reason, Mironov's proposal is being considered as an issue of social and political significance.