Russia’s local parliament fears dissolution following submitting impeachment once morest Putin over treason
13 Sept. Archyde.com reported that a group of local politicians in the Russian city of St. Petersburg which called for President Vladimir Putin to be expelled from office. There is a tendency for the Smolninskoye District Council to be dissolved. After the court made a decision on the same day.
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Nikita Euferev, a member of the district council, said the judge ruled that Many past council meetings have been null and void. allowing the governor of St. Petersburg to dissolve the district council.
Another lawmaker, Dmitry Paluika, said the court had fined him 47,000 rubles (regarding 28,000 baht) for defamation by the authorities by demanding the removal of Putin from office.
Members of the Smolninskoye district council are scheduled to appear before the court in two days (Thursday, Sept. 15).
last week The group of members of the District Council petitioned the House of Representatives (Duma) to charge Putin treason and strip him of office. citing several reasons including Russian military losses in Ukraine and the damage to Putin’s economy from Western sanctions.
Council members said 65 municipal delegates from St Petersburg, Moscow and several regions signed a petition published on Monday calling for Putin to resign.
Despite not showing any threats to Putin’s takeover. But it was a rare expression of an elected representative at a time when Russians risked a heavy prison sentence for discrediting the military. or intentionally spreading false information regarding the military
Palauka told Archyde.com ahead of the hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 13 that the group’s petition was aimed not only at liberal Russians. But also those loyal to the authorities who began to have doubts when the Russian army was unsuccessful.
Mr Paluika expects the number of people who are confused will increase. After Ukraine strikes back with lightning which drove Russian troops from dozens of cities and reclaimed vast swaths of the Kharkiv region. northeast of Ukraine
“Of course, what is happening now matches our agenda. Many of Putin’s admirers began to feel betrayed. The more these people will be,” he said.
Ksenia Torstrom, a member of the St Petersburg City Council. The spokesperson, which published a call for Putin to resign on Monday, said it was too early to say how the campaign would turn out.
“Calling politicians to resign is absolutely normal. There will be no crime regarding it,” Torstrom said.
“Of course, despite some risks, But showing solidarity with our colleagues — independent politicians still in Russia — is much more important.”
Thousands of lawsuits have been filed once morest those charged with discrediting the military. often fined for first offense
But Alexei Gorinov, a member of the Moscow district council His first sentence of seven years in prison was in July. following being convicted of spreading false information Several other journalists and opposition figures have also been charged and may face jail time.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accepted the views within the scope of the law. “As long as it’s in the law This is pluralism but the line is very thin You have to be very careful.”
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