St. Petersburg local councilors who asked Duma to prosecute Putin for treason are summoned to police
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The appeal to the State Duma concerned Russia’s failed invasion of Ukraine.
According to the document, the war is costing Russia its “combat-effective army units,” while “young working-age citizens” are dying, further exacerbating the country’s economic problems.
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The resolution also points out that Russia’s border with NATO has more than doubled, while Ukraine is getting ever more modern weapons – both explicit failures of Putin’s so-called “special military operation.”
“Therefore, we ask the members of the State Duma to indict the Russian president for treason and remove him from his post,” the document goes on.
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Smolinsky councilor Dmitriy Palyuga said that he and his colleagues would face charges on allegedly committing “actions aimed at discrediting the government.”
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