Russias lower-house State Duma voted Thursday to strip lawmaker Yury Napso of his seat after he stopped working to attend parliamentary sessions for two years while still gathering his main salary.Napso, a member of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) and a State Duma deputy because 2007, has been on authorized leave because April 2023, according to lawmakers.Its understood that Yury Napso has actually been living outside Russia in the United Arab Emirates for about 2 years, the parliament said in a statement.
Overall, he has actually not been inside the State Duma walls for around two years, more than 200 days of which lacked a legitimate reason.Napso, 51, said in February that he was under stringent orders from physicians to stay in the United Arab Emirates in preparation for surgical treatment.
He did not reveal what disease or condition he was suffering from.Im advised to clean my injury with medical solutions several times a day, modification bandages, observe flawless health and not be in a sitting position all of which is impossible within the walls of the State Duma, he composed on Telegram.The State Dumas vote revoked Napsos required ahead of its set up expiration in September 2026, when legislative elections are set to be held next.Vasily Piskaryov, the first deputy chairman of the State Dumas ethics committee, told the RBC news site that deputies are obliged by law to participate in Duma sessions and committee work along with assist their constituents.How can he, being abroad, meet even among the important things I stated? Piskaryov said.Napso toldRBC that he would submit an appeal against the decision with the Supreme Court.In October, a court in southern Russias Krasnodar region purchased the seizure of properties connected to Napso after district attorneys implicated him of continuing to run his businesses through a third party.Napso is a major donor of LDPR, meaning that his departure from the State Duma might have considerable repercussions for the celebrations finances.The exiled newsoutlet Mozhem Obyasnit reported that party contributions fell from 24.6 million rubles ($291,000) last spring and summer to 1 million rubles ($11,800) in between October and December 2024.
LDPR, which holds 23 of the Dumas 450 seats, is supposedly looking for Napsos replacement from among its senior members.