A politician in Far East Russias Zabaikalsky area stated he has been working remotely from Ukraine for the previous 4 years, raising eyebrows over an apparent loophole that allowed him to keep his post throughout wartime.Mikhail Nosik, 65, who acts as a local councilman in the Kalarsky district of the Zabaikalsky region, exposed in a current ethics commission hearing that he has actually been residing in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro because 2021, local media reported Thursday.Nosik said he relocated to Ukraine for cancer treatment after being elected to a five-year term in 2020.
Russia introduced its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Despite living in a country Russia is waging war versus, Nosik has continued to take part in legislative affairs from another location utilizing VPNs and video calls.
In a Telegram call with the assemblys ethics commission in March, he apparently stated he could not return to Russia and claimed he has actually been working no even worse than the other deputies.According to leaked minutes of that call released by the Telegram news channel Baza, Nosik denied holding Ukrainian citizenship and stated he is anactive advocate of President Vladimir Putin and Russias war on Ukraine.
The political leader said he has beenforced to hide from Ukrainian authorities.The Moscow Times could not individually confirm Bazas report.Arkady Gromov, the head of the 15-member Kalarsky district assembly, told regional mediathat Nosik was technically not breaking any laws.
He found himself in a difficult situation.
He showed up in Ukraine, where he was born, right before the unique military operation, Gromov said, adding that Nosik is now trapped.Baza reported that a majority of the assembly voted against eliminating Nosik from workplace.
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