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The appeal of the Varangians
The Swedish Riksdag turned to the State Duma and the Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika with official letters, in which he called for amnesty Russian political prisoners. This was reported by the "New Gazeta" with reference to the functionary of the Left Front Alexei Sakhnin, who fled to Sweden in the summer. Sakhnin met with the deputy from the Left Party Hans Linde and convinced him to raise the question of an amnesty in the Rixdag. The problem was taken to discuss the parliamentary group on human rights, and that approved the idea of appeals.
In their letters, the deputies expressed the hope that the Russian authorities will be able to neutralize an acute civil confrontation, abandoning the escalation of political violence. The amnesty of the "swamp prisoners" and other Politsyk would allow the political process to the non -violent channel, the Swedish parliamentarians are confident.
The authors of appeals also noted that political repressions are in principle unacceptable for the responsible member of the international community. Therefore, if the Russian authorities do not agree to an amnesty, democratic countries will have to take other steps to stop the escalation of violence in Russia.
On September 4, President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Human Rights Council promised to think about announcing an amnesty for the 20th anniversary of the Constitution. The chairman of the council Mikhail Fedotov turned to an amnesty with a request to declare an amnesty.
On September 19, Putin said that he did not exclude amnesties for the defendants in the "swamp business" . At the same time, the head of state emphasized that the investigation and the court must determine whether there were mass riots on the swamp. “No need to blackmail power by the fact that she will be glued by the yoke of non -commissive,” he added.
On October 13, the project of a wide amnesty was approved at a meeting of the HRC . According to the document, persons accused of non -violent crimes should be released from the punishment. This would allow the defendants of the "swamp business" to the participants of Pussy Riot.
On October 15, the HRC sent an amnesty project to Putin . The text of the sentences is published on the Council website.
On October 21, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said that the project presented by Putin will be entered into the State Duma after processing in the presidential administration. The project will go through all the administrations of the administration, and significant amendments will be made to it, the official noted. According to Peskov, these amendments are necessary in order to prevent the release of criminals serving sentences in heavy and average severity of the articles. "After studying the presidential administration, an additional examination will also be carried out," Peskov added.