In a rare public display of dissent, Leonid Vasyukevich said of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, 'young people who could bring great benefit to our country die and become disabled.'
calls a"special military operation" during a meeting of the legislative assembly of the Primorsky region in far eastern Russia on May 27.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media on February 17, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. A Russian official who demanded that Putin end the war against Ukraine and was branded a traitor has been charged under a stringent new law that cracks down on dissent.to Putin to stop the war and withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine.
"We understand that if our country does not stop the military operation, there will be even more orphans in our country," Vasyukevich told the meeting, in a rare display of dissent against the conflict that began on February 24. "During the military operation, young people who could bring great benefit to our country die and become disabled," he added."We demand the immediate withdrawal of the troops of the Russian Federation."
The region's governor, Oleg Kozhemyako, subsequently branded Vasyukevich a"traitor," and he and Shulga were escorted from the meeting and denied the right to vote at the session.
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