A well -known musician dies in a battle against Russia

3:40 pm: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill I, spoke in his favor in the debate about reintroducing the death penalty in Russia, as there are several media reports. Cyril I said to a group of veterans: “Jesus Christ did not condemn the death penalty, even though he himself had to suffer unjustly from it.”

The patriarch added that the Russian Orthodox Church “has never demanded the abolition of this punishment.” At the same time, Cyril I said he supported Russia’s moratorium on the death penalty. “If crime goes down, then thank God and there is no need to use the death penalty,” he said.

The death penalty in Russia has been suspended since a decree by former President Boris Yeltsin in 1996. In the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the punishment of political opponents or prisoners of war, the debate about the reintroduction of the death penalty once again raged. . In particular, the attack on a concert hall at the end of March 2024, for which an offshoot of the terrorist group “Islamic State” claimed responsibility, fired them.

9:58 am: Although the use of chemical weapons is a war crime, Russia continues to use gas and other weapons. Apparently this also contains a previously completely unknown active ingredient. Read more about it here.