Senior politicians in Russia are advocating for the reinstatement of the death penalty following the terrorist attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on March 22. The moratorium on capital punishment in Russia dates back to the 1990s when Russia joined the Council of Europe. Abolishing the death penalty is a requirement for joining this organisation. However, according to Russian law, the death sentence is still legal but has simply been paused. Some lawmakers are now calling for the moratorium to end. In the aftermath of what is now considered the deadliest attack in the country in two decades, …