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Thus, the deputy of the State Duma from "Unified Russia" Andriy Gurulev declared the need to use the term "enemy of the people" again. In addition, the former leader of Donetsk fighters Igor Girkin-Strelkov and the founder of Wagner PECs also said that Russian officials who hope to end the war in Ukraine through negotiations should be persecuted. At the same time, analysts indicate that Vladimir Putin still avoids such unpopular measures, probably because of fears for the stability of his regime.
In particular, the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation does not support the return of the death penalty. "The Kremlin could use the threat of death penalty to intimidate the Russians and make them support hostilities (or continue passively resist them), but Putin is probably still not dare to destroy his image of the diplomatic and tolerant king," he said in Isw.
We will remind that on April 25 the Russian deputy Andriy Gurulev stated that it is not necessary to be ashamed to introduce the concept of "enemy of the people". He also urged the return of Stalin's repression, despite the fact that his native grandfather was repressed in 1946 and spent nine years in camps. Earlier, on April 5, ISW reported that Vladimir Putin probably creates the conditions for repression in the occupied territories, covering themselves with "terrorism".