More than 30 Russian municipal deputies have called on President Vladimir Putin to resign in a signed petition 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, according to the Moscow Times.
The petition, posted by Xenia Torstrem, a deputy in St. Petersburg’s Semyonovsky District, was originally signed by 19 officials.
“We, the municipal deputies of Russia, believe that the actions of President Vladimir Putin harm the future of Russia and its citizens,” a translation of the petition reads.
“We demand the resignation of Vladimir Putin from the position of President of the Russian Federation,” the statement, initially signed by 19 deputies, continues.
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