The court in St. Petersburg allowed to dissolve the deputies who demanded to impeach Putin

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg satisfied the prosecutor’s office’s demand for the dissolution of the Smolninskoye municipal council. About this “b” informed municipal deputy Nikita Yuferev. The case to dissolve the council was heard for more than a year, the final meeting took place shortly after the Smolninsky deputies decided to appeal to the State Duma deputies to impeach President Vladimir Putin.

The prosecutor’s office justified its decision by the fact that in 2021 the municipality was inactive for three months. According to the deputies, the head of the council, Grigory Rankov, was ill at that time and could not fulfill his duties. Nikita Yuferev declaredthat the board will appeal the decision. He connected the verdict with a recent appeal to the deputies of the State Duma.

In September, at a meeting of the council of Smolninsky, deputies decided to appeal to the State Duma with a demand to impeach Vladimir Putin. On September 8, this decision was published by MP Dmitry Palyuga. It said that in the course of hostilities in Ukraine, young able-bodied citizens of Russia are dying, and the Russian economy is being damaged. After that, the Smolninsky District Court fined Mr. Palyugu for 47 thousand rubles. under the article about discrediting the authorities.

In early March, the deputies of Smolninsky sent an appeal to the president, in which they called for stopping the hostilities and resigning. They also wanted to hold an anti-war rally, but the city authorities did not agree to it. In January 2021, 13 deputies of the municipality were detained on charges of violating anti-COVID restrictions due to pickets in support of opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

Anastasia Larina