Acting Vice President of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, called for the reinstatement of the death penalty on Wednesday, as “yellow and blue saboteurs” who oppose Russia’s government policy of invading Ukraine began operating in Russia, committing acts of terrorism. attacks, Kyiv Independent reports.

Vladimir Putin and Dmitry MedvedevPhoto: Mykhailo Metzel / TASS / Profimedia Images

Medvedev said that during the Second World War there was only one sentence “for such bastards – execution on the spot without a trial.”

“If you are a traitor who committed such a crime during the war, you have no age, no nationality, and no right to defend your life,” Medvedev said.

According to him, this category includes citizens of Russia who set fire to recruitment points and caused damage to other state buildings. The reintroduction of the death penalty is possible even under the current constitution of Russia, Medvedev added.

In mid-March, Russia left the Council of Europe, meaning that Russian citizens can no longer bring cases to the European Court of Human Rights.

In September, a few days after President Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilization of reservists, 11 military commissariats and six military administration buildings were set on fire, The Kyiv Independent wrote at the time with reference to Meduza.

In addition, until the end of the mobilization, numerous incidents were recorded in commissariats, as well as at training grounds.

Thus, in a video that appeared on social networks in September, a Russian can be seen who opened fire and shot a military commandant at a recruitment point in the city of Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk region, journalist Andrew Roth reported. Guardian’s Moscow correspondent.

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