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Councilors from 18 districts in the cities of Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kolpino have signed a

public statement demanding the resignation of Russian President

Vladimir Putin

.

The document has already been initialed by more than 35 mayors and accessions continue to be added.

"We, the municipal deputies of Russia,

believe that the actions of President Vladimir Putin harm the future of Russia

and its citizens. We demand the resignation of Vladimir Putin from the post of President of the Russian Federation!" You can sign online.

Last week, the board of

Moscow

's Lomonosovsky district demanded Putin's resignation.

Also deputies from the Smolny district of

St. Petersburg

called on the State Duma of the Russian Federation (the lower house of the Russian Parliament) to file

treason charges against Putin to remove him from his post due to the war in Ukraine

.

The security forces opened a file against them for "discrediting" the Russian army.

Now, a collection of signatures between councilors from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kolpino is on the table.

"The text of the petition is concise and does not 'discredit' anyone," said Xenia Torstrem, a city deputy from St. Petersburg.

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AGAINST "KILLING UKRAINANS"

The small 'revolt' began on the 7th in St. Petersburg when a group of seven representatives of the district board, nominally made up of 20 councilors, took advantage of the absence of several members of the ruling United Russia party to approve this initiative by surprise.

"The signature process is moving forward," Dimitri Paliuga, mayor of Saint Petersburg (Smolny district) and one of the councilors who have rebelled against the Kremlin, confirmed to EL MUNDO.

The reasons are clear:

"We are against killing Ukrainians, demilitarizing Ukraine is absurd and on top of that the opposite has happened, now it has more weapons"

.

In Moscow, the rebel mayors denounce that since Putin's second term, "everything has gone wrong": the GDP has not doubled, the minimum wage has not increased as expected and the promised stability has disappeared.

For this reason, they have turned to Putin to tell him that

"his model of government is hopelessly outdated and hinders the development of Russia"

.

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