Vladimir Putin is facing major dissidence inside Russia,
as officials from St Petersburg and Moscow districts are calling on the Russian
President to resign. The local lawmakers cite Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as
“detrimental to the security of Russia and its citizens” as the main
reason for demanding the Russian President’s resignation.
Ms. Cabrera said: “Deputies from 18 municipal
districts in Moscow and St. Petersburg have now signed a petition demanding
Putin’s resignation, calling his action quote ‘detrimental’ to Russia’s and its
citizens’ future.”
When asked whether it was a very serious and very rare
rebuke from these officials, CNN’s senior international correspondent Frederik
Pleitgen said: “I would certainly say that it’s very rare and it certainly is
something that definitely is noteworthy as well.
“Especially if look at the state of the opposition in
Russia right now where many opposition officials are in jail, have been
sidelined or have been exiled.”
CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen said: “Also, of course, the state of the Russian
free media is one that is also dire. So, just in that light, this is certainly
something that is definitely noteworthy.”
With that statement, local lawmakers in both St Petersburg
and Moscow have called on Russia’s Parliament, the Duma, to remove Putin from
power and charge him with high treason.
Deputy Dmitry Palyuga tweeted the document, saying:
“We believe that the decision made by President Putin to start the special
military operation is detrimental to the security of Russia and its
citizens.”
“The Council of the Smolninskoye Municipal District
decided to appeal to the State Duma deputies with a proposal to bring charges
of treason against President Putin in order to remove him from office,” Mr. Palyuga stated in the tweet.
“The decision was supported by the majority of the
deputies present.”
Lawmakers from Moscow’s Lomonosovsky district issued a
similar statement, also urging Putin to resign.
