Former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, best known for regularly threatening to drop nuclear weapons on Western countries for interfering in Russia’s war against Ukraine, is the prime minister behind last week’s massive terrorist attack in Moscow. As a result, it became the focus of new attention.
All those involved in Friday’s terrorist attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow should be executed, said Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president, prime minister and current deputy chairman of the National Security Council.
A group of terrorists opened fire on music lovers and threw incendiary devices into the venue, which was partially destroyed during the attack. The death toll has continued to rise since Friday’s attack, with authorities saying 137 people were killed and more than 140 injured. A total of 11 people were arrested, four of whom were charged.
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Medvedev expressed his view on Monday that these suspects and everyone involved in planning the attack should die. According to Russian state media, he congratulated the police officers who arrested the suspects and said: “Should they be killed? They need to be. And they will be. But kill everyone involved. It’s much more important that everyone. Who paid for it, who sympathized with them, who helped them? Kill them all.”
The remarks suggest that President Medvedev’s position on the intended fate of the militants has not eased much from his initial view of the situation as the terrorist attack unfolded on Friday night. . This includes the state officials who committed such atrocities…death for death. ”
Medvedev was a key figure in Russian politics at the beginning of this century, having swapped the offices of president and prime minister with Vladimir Putin in order to help Putin circumvent presidential term limits in the Russian constitution. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the politician has once again appeared frequently in Western headlines for his often ridiculous threats against Western countries for supporting Kiev’s resistance to aggression.
He recently threatened to drop nuclear weapons on NATO, the International Criminal Court in The Hague, and the “disgustingly damp” United Kingdom for supporting Ukraine.
Although Medvedev’s comments on the fate of terrorist attack suspects provide for the death penalty, Russia does not have the death penalty in its criminal code, so prisoners cannot be formally executed.
President Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov appears to be moving toward ending the discussion, saying that reinstating the death penalty is not up for discussion. He also declined to comment on whether the prisoners had been tortured in captivity, although questions were raised after images were shown in court showing the four suspects’ faces swollen and bandaged. occured. As mentioned above, in some cases, footage of alleged torture has been released.
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