19 décembre 2022
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Alice Cuvelier, « La haute trahison de Poutine », HAL-SHS : sciences politiques, ID : 10.3917/mult.089.0018
On 7 September, eight elected representatives from St Petersburg had the municipal council of the Smolinskoye district vote on the content of a letter signed by the president of the municipal council, Dmitry Palyuga, asking the deputies of the Duma to take the initiative to initiate proceedings for high treason against Vladimir Putin in order to remove him from office. The official statement of the Smolinskoye deputies is a message to all those in Russia who disapprove of the war in Ukraine and who, because of state propaganda and repression, do not dare to express it and organise themselves. Their message is clear and is summed up on militant social networks: "You are not alone, there are many people in Russia who are against the war, and among them are elected officials." The terms and arguments used in this official document refer directly to the rhetoric of President Vladimir Putin, not to validate it but, on the contrary, to dismantle it on its own semantic ground. Five of Smolinskoye's local officials have since been prosecuted for discrediting the nation.In accordance with Article 5 of the St. Petersburg Law of 03.10.2008 on the guarantees of the exercise of powers of municipal deputies, the council of the St. Petersburg intra-urban municipal formation, the municipal council of the Smolinskoye municipal entity, members of the elective body of the St. Petersburg local self-government;Decisions:A proposal is made to the deputies of the State Duma to take the initiative to initiate proceedings against the President of the Russian Federation to remove him from office...