Russia Increases Penalties for Terrorist Attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed legislation that would allow life sentences in prison to be imposed on those convicted of terrorist attacks using radioactive materials or against Russian nuclear facilities, according to the Associated Press (see GSN, May 5).

The legislation also allows Russian courts to impose life sentences for terrorist acts committed by an organized group or that led to wrongful deaths. The legislation was proposed following a bombing on the Moscow subway in February suspected of being carried out by Chechen rebels, AP reported (Associated Press/San Jose Mercury News, July 26).

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