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Russia Mulls Life Sentences for Funding Terrorism

© Sputnik / Vladimir FedorenkoThe bill introducing life imprisonment for funding terrorism will be submitted to the Russian parliament on Jan. 15
The bill introducing life imprisonment for funding terrorism will be submitted to the Russian parliament on Jan. 15 - Sputnik International
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A bill introducing life imprisonment for anyone convicted of funding terrorism will be submitted to the Russian parliament on Wednesday, a lawmaker said Tuesday

MOSCOW, January 14 (RIA Novosti) – A bill introducing life imprisonment for anyone convicted of funding terrorism will be submitted to the Russian parliament on Wednesday, a lawmaker said Tuesday.

Andrei Lugovoi, a member of the nationalist LDPR party, said the bill was prepared by a group of lawmakers from various factions as part of a broader package of anti-terrorism initiatives.

The bill stipulates that punishments for certain terrorism-related charges will be toughened from 10 years to 20, and “life imprisonment will be introduced for a number of [terrorism-related] crimes,” he said.

The bill would also scrap the statute of limitations for terrorism-related crimes and make terrorism convicts ineligible for deferred sentencing.

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