St. Petersburg deputies propose toughening punishment for crimes motivated by xenophobia
Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg sent proposals to the State Duma to amend the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Parliamentarians propose, first of all, to toughen the punishment for murders committed on the basis of national, racial, religious hatred, and to impose the death penalty, life imprisonment or (in the most favorable case for the defendant) imprisonment for a term of 10 to 20 years for such crimes. For this purpose, Art.