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The bill also abolished jury trials for people suspected of treason, hostage-taking, organising mass disturbances and some other serious crimes, in a move human rights groups fear will weaken the judicial system.
Pro-Kremlin law makers had proposed the bill to limit the use of jury trials, which were introduced in the post-Soviet era and have a much higher rate of acquittal than trials presided over by a judge.