The State Duma of the first truancy deprived of office of the deputy – Ekho Moskvy radio station

The State Duma for the first truancy deprived of office of the deputy. The first sentence tried to Ilya Ponomaryov of the faction “Fair Russia”. Earlier, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky accused him of anti-Russian activities. He said that Ponomariov advance planning his departure from Russia and gathering information. This Zhirinovsky noted that not only Ponomarev, State Duma deputy, who does not go to the meetings.

Over the resignation of Ilya Ponomarev voted 413 deputies, including some communists. At the same time, as the Kommersant newspaper, the faction of the Communist Party is preparing a request to the Constitutional Court to challenge the law allowing the State Duma decide the fate of the deputies who have received a mandate from the voters.