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Russian Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin, center, background, seen after a meeting on the Court's ruling to ban capital punishment in Russia after the relevant moratorium expires on January 1, 2010.
- Categories: Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 19.11.2009
- Date published: 19.11.2009
- Author: Alexei Danichev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3565x2497px, 1.6Mb