(ANSA) - Moscow, January 23 - The self-proclaimed Donetsk
People's Republic in eastern Ukraine will approve a law allowing
capital punishment, said Alexander Zakharchenko, head of the
Republic, according to Russian media sources on Friday.
The only European country with the death penalty is
Belarus.
In Russia, the death penalty is under a moratorium, meaning
it is indefinitely suspended.
Rebel-led Donetsk Republic to approve death-penalty law
In Europe, only Belarus still has capital punishment