🔒 Anti-war Russians sabotage railways, could face execution

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Anti-War Russians Sabotage Railways, Could Face ExecutionFormer Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has backed the death penalty being reinstated in Russia after four students opposed to the Ukraine war sabotaged railways in the country.Four Russian and foreign students, aged between 17 and 18, were arrested in the city of Ufa, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Bashkortostan in western Russia, according to local media reports.According to court papers, the teenagers attempted at least five times to damage railway electrical equipment in protest against the war, which began after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February.Responding to the case, Medvedev, who is the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation and leader of the United Russia Party, floated bringing back the death penalty for those suspected of wartime sabotage.Russia was suspended from the body the day after Putin launched a full scale invasion against Ukraine, and on September 16, it ceased to be party to the European Convention on Human Rights."

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