MOSCOW, March 17 State Duma Vice Speaker from the LDPR Boris Chernyshov admitted that after the referendum on the restoration of the death penalty, this measure of punishment can be applied to those convicted of pedophilia, treason and other «most serious crimes.» Earlier, the LDPR faction announced that it could initiate a referendum on the return of the death penalty for the most serious and condemned by society crimes after Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe «Our people, according to their cultural code, do not want aggression and revenge, but there are crimes for which such a measure of punishment (the death penalty) can be returned. First of all, pedophilia, these are the most serious crimes. Treason to the motherland … The LDPR faction responded to a request in in our society,” Chernyshov told reporters.
