Sergei Mironov: there are no grounds for preserving the immunity of Deputy Rashkin to preserve the immunity of the deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Valery Rashkin, who was detained in the Saratov region on suspicion of illegal hunting. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
“In this case, the case does not concern the deputy activities of Valery Rashkin, and there are no grounds for maintaining immunity. If such evidence is presented, we are ready to change our decision and vote for the preservation of parliamentary immunity, “Mironov believes.
Earlier, the chairman of the lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, said that the State Duma would convene a meeting on the Rashkin case after an appeal from the prosecutor general. He stressed that if the Prosecutor General applies to bring the deputy to justice, the State Duma will not postpone the discussion of the issue.
On the night of October 29, the deputy's car was stopped by a policeman with an employee of the local hunting committee. They found a dead elk in the trunk. Rashkin himself admitted that he saw the carcass of an animal and wanted to hand it over to the police. He also expressed his readiness to cooperate with the investigation.