Fury over horror death sentences for Brit fighters as 'depraved' Putin slammed

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : He added: "If the court approves the death penalty if the Anglo-Saxons are put to the wall for the first time, that would have a much more serious impact."
44% : All three men have a month to appeal against the death penalty, according to the chairman of the judicial board, Russian state media reported.
43% : In the sinister TV debate, Dr Andrei Sidorov, dean of the Faculty of World Politics at Moscow State University, said the Donetsk prosecutor's office had indicated the three "mercenaries" are "worthy of the death penalty".
42% : The two British volunteers, along with a Moroccan fighter Saadoun Brahim, were handed the death penalty by a military court in the separatist region of Donetsk.
41% :Russia has not carried out an execution since 1996 and outlawed the death penalty in 1997.

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