Municipal deputies from 18 districts of Moscow and St. Petersburg signed a public statement demanding that Vladimir Putin resign.
“We, the municipal deputies of Russia, believe that the actions of President V. V. Putin harm the future of Russia and its citizens. We demand the resignation of Vladimir Putin from the post of President of the Russian Federation!” – said in a statement published by the Mundep of the Semenovsky district of St. Petersburg Ksenia Torstrem.
In addition to her, the demand was signed by:
- Moiseikin Andrey, Palace (St. Petersburg)
- Markevich Dmitry, Liteiny (St. Petersburg)
- Volga Roman, Kolpino (Kolpino)
- Bovar Vitaly, Vladimirsky (St. Petersburg)
- Samusev Sergey, Moscow Region No. 15 (St. Petersburg)
- Budberg Alexander, Moscow outpost (St. Petersburg)
- Baltrukov Dmitry, Smolninskoe (St. Petersburg)
- Karulicheva Anna, Narvsky (St. Petersburg)
- Shaposhnikov Valery, Vladimirsky (St. Petersburg)
- Filchenko Galina, Tverskoy (Moscow)
- Nikolaev Timofey, Lomonosovsky (Moscow)
- Shtatskaya Olga, Lomonosovsky (Moscow)
- Shcherbakova Julia, Cheryomushki (Moscow)
- Khoroshilov Vasily, Academic (Moscow)
- Sharipova Margarita, Ramenki (Moscow)
- Volokhonsky Vladimir, Moscow Region No. 72 (St. Petersburg)
- Fattush Olga Alexandrovna, Harbor (St. Petersburg)
- Silaeva Ekaterina, Northern Izmailovo (Moscow)
Earlier, the Council of Deputies of the Moscow Defense Ministry Lomonosovsky also appealed to Putin demanding to resign. The deputies noted that, starting from Putin's second term, "everything has gone awry."
The Mundeps of the St. Petersburg district of Smolninskoye reported that they planned to send an appeal to the State Duma with a proposal to accuse Putin of treason because of the war in Ukraine. According to the authors of the appeal, Putin's actions fall under Article 93 of the Constitution. According to it, the president can be removed from office on charges of treason or other serious crimes brought forward by the State Duma.