Twenty years giving way

The State Duma may decide on the announcement of an amnesty in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of Russia and the Russian parliament. According to Interfax, the head of the Duma Committee on Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov stated.

"There are several documents of draft decisions on amnesty - I think we will definitely consider everything," Krasheninnikov said at a meeting of the State Duma on Tuesday. He emphasized that the issue of announcing the amnesty of the State Duma will definitely consider - "we will definitely take it out." “Probably in October,” the head of the committee added.

To think about the announcement of an amnesty for the 20th anniversary of the Constitution at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights in early September, President Vladimir Putin promised. With a request to declare an amnesty for prisoners, the chairman of the council Mikhail Fedotov turned to him.

“Let's think about the amnesty,” Putin said. “Everything is for amnesty, as I understand it, but this is the normal reaction of the people who gathered here.” Putin noted that the reduction in the number of prisoners is an extremely important social problem. “I agree to think about it with you. It’s not a matter when people are holding for insignificant offenses without any perspective,” he emphasized.

Fedotov proposed to exempt from criminal liability of all who committed non -violent crimes in the past. According to him, this "will bring the line under the era of revolution, wars, wild capitalism." Fedotov noted that the level of relapse among amnestied does not reach five percent. "The effectiveness of the amnesty can still be increased by providing measures to re -socialize amnestied," Fedotov said.

In addition, the members of the HRC invited Putin to restore the pardon commission under the head of state. The situation with pardon in Russia is alarming among human rights activists. In 2008-2010, less than 200 people were pardoned in Russia, while in the first half of 2000 the head of state pardoned 10 thousand convicts.