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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Mark Trevelyan

REVEALED: Russian council faces dissolution after call for putin s removal | Vintage Vibes

Member of the Smolninskoye municipality council Dmitry Palyuga, who was fined for public activity aimed at discrediting the Russian authorities amid Russia-Ukraine conflict, reacts inside a court building after a hearing in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 13, 2022. REUTERS/REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER

A group of St Petersburg local politicians who called for President Vladimir Putin to be sacked over the war in Ukraine faces the likely dissolution of their district council following a judge's ruling on Tuesday, one of the deputies said.

Nikita Yuferev said the judge decided that a series of past council meetings had been invalid, paving the way for it to be broken up by the regional governor.

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