Category Archives: Politics

Schöffen-Studie: häufig illegale Absprachen in Strafverfahren

Bislang umfangreichste Studie unter Schöffinnen und Schöffen belegt Zufriedenheit mit dem Amt – bei vielen Absprachen bleiben die richterlichen Laien jedoch außen vor

Schöffinnen und Schöffen werden bei Absprachen in Strafverfahren entgegen den gesetzlichen Vorschriften häufig nicht einbezogen oder sind an Absprachen beteiligt, die illegal sind. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt die bislang größte Umfrage unter Laienrichterinnen und -richtern in Deutschland. Dessen ungeachtet hält eine Mehrheit der Schöffinnen und Schöffen ihr Amt jedoch generell für wichtig und wäre bereit, es nochmals anzutreten. (more…)

Read More

President Putin received a copy of Holy Quran and hold it close to his heart

During his working trip to Dagestan, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the architectural and archaeological complex of the Naryn-Kala citadel and the Juma Mosque in Derbent that have federal monument status and are UNESCO World Heritage sites. (more…)

Read More

Khmelnitsky is now a little Chernobyl

According to Pravda: The Russian Armed Forces struck a warehouse near the city of Khmelnitsky on May 13. It is believed that the attack was carried out with the help of combat drones. The strike led to the appearance of a huge “nuclear mushroom” explosion rising into the sky. (more…)

Read More

Indigenous people can aid greatly to resolve climate change issue

Between 17 and 28 April the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will hold its 22nd session at the UN Headquarters in New York under the theme “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach”. (more…)

Read More

Soviet-era serial killers were not always anti-social

Not every serial killer should necessarily be either a social outcast or a sociopath. Some of them are good at disguise and may at times have a reputation of exemplary society members. Biographies of many famous serial killers of the USSR era testify to this.

Chikatilo helped to catch himself
Andrey Chikatilo, a serial killer from Rostov, committed his first crime in 1973, the last in 1990. Chikatilo killed 53 women and children in all that time.
(more…)

Read More