From the MT:
“Russian City Deputies
Petition for Putin Resignation”
Dozens of municipal deputies from
Moscow and St. Petersburg have called on President Vladimir Putin to resign in
an open letter published Monday. The
call for the Russian president to step down comes amid claims of vote rigging
in this weekend’s local and regional elections as well as a massive advance by
Kyiv’s forces that marked the biggest setback yet for Moscow’s invasion of
Ukraine. Its signatories also put themselves
at risk for punishment under laws passed shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine
that outlaw virtually all anti-war dissent. “President Putin's actions are
detrimental to the future of Russia and its citizens," reads the petition
shared on Twitter by Ksenia Torstrem, a deputy for St. Petersburg’s Semyonovsky
district. “We demand the resignation of
Vladimir Putin from the position of President of the Russian Federation,” the
statement, initially signed by 19 deputies, continues. According to Torstrem, another 84 people
signed the petition on Monday. “Another
84 signatures have been received, now we will check them,” Torstrem wrote. Independent election watchdog Golos reported
dozens of cases of ballot-stuffing, intimidation, vote buying and misrecorded
votes after pro-Kremlin candidates swept the field in Russia's local and
regional elections.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian
counteroffensive in its northeastern Kharkiv region saw Kyiv’s forces reclaim
around 3,000 square kilometers of ground previously occupied by Moscow. Calls from deputies for Putin to stand down
initially emerged last week after Dmitry Palyuga, a deputy from St.
Petersburg’s Smolninskoye district, called on the State Duma to try the
president on charges of treason over his invasion of Ukraine. Palyuga was summoned to the police station on
possible charges of “discrediting” the Russian army, but was later released.
^ It would be great if he did
resign, but I don't see that happening. He has too much leverage over every
major Russian Official and every major Russian Businessman/woman. It is still
great to see Russians openly protest him and his War though. ^
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