Russian politicians call for Putin's impeachment

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St. Petersburg deputies face fines after calling for impeachment of Putin in rare display of dissent in Russia

Several elected deputies in the St. Petersburg area have been summoned by police after calling for the impeachment of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In a rare display of dissent in Russia, the local deputies from the Smolninskoye municipality appealed to the Russian Duma to impeach Putin for what they called crimes of high treason.

The author of the appeal, Dmitry Palyuga, posted it on Twitter, alleging Putin was responsible for: "(1) the decimation of young able-bodied Russian men who would serve the workforce better than the military; (2) Russia’s economic downturn and brain drain; (3) NATO’s expansion eastward, including adding Finland and Sweden to “double” its border with Russia; (4) the opposite effect of the 'special military operation' in Ukraine."​

Palyuga and fellow deputy Nikita Yuferev later posted on Twitter a summons issued to them by the St. Petersburg police for “discrediting of the ruling establishment.”

Palyuga later reported that two of the four deputies summoned have been released by the police and all are expected to face fines.

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It takes guts to do this when you have a totalitarian dictator in power.
 
Deputies from 18 municipal districts in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kolpino have called for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s resignation, according to a petition with a list of signatures posted on Twitter on Monday.

“We, the municipal deputies of Russia, believe that the actions of its president Vladimir Putin are detrimental to Russia’s and its citizens’ future. We demand Vladimir Putin's resignation from the post of the President of the Russian Federation,” said the petition posted by Ksenia Thorstrom, a local deputy of the Semenovsky District in Saint Petersburg.

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Local Russian official doubles down on calls for Putin to resign — even after being fined

Nikita Yuferev, a deputy in Smolninskoye Municipal District in St. Petersburg, is not backing down from his calls for Russian President Vladimir Putin to resign — even after having to pay a fine in court for speaking out, with a threat of jail time coming next.

“We will continue to insist on his resignation,” he said, through a translator.

Yuferev said he is doing it for his children, saying that he wants them to be able to speak their minds at demonstrations and protests.

“I don’t want them to fear retaliation from the police,” he told CNN's Erin Burnett,

After receiving support from some people, Yuferev said he believes public opinion is shifting, as compared to when Putin first attacked Ukraine. In addition to offering to pay the fines and legal fees, another person offered to buy him a ticket to move his family to Mexico where he could feel safe.

“Of course, this is all anecdotal. We refused, but it shows just how much support we are getting and how our ideas are being accepted by Russian society,” Yuferev said.

Some background: By Monday, at least 47 municipal deputies had signed a petition demanding Putin's resignation, according to one of those involved. "Their geography has expanded significantly,” Ksenia Thorstrom, a municipal deputy of the Semenovsky District in Saint Petersburg, told CNN.

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