The most important step in this direction was the abolition of
the death penalty from 1 January 2008. In addition, the capital
punishment - “life imprisonment” applies only with regard to 2
types of crimes - for terrorism and premeditated murder under
aggravating circumstances and does not apply to men over 60
years old, women and minors.
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
For comparison, in countries like Germany life imprisonment may be
imposed for 5 crimes, in Belgium – 6, in Denmark - 9, in Georgia - 11,
in Sweden - 13, France - 18, in the Netherlands - 19, in Moldova – 24.