Press release, 28.09.2015

On September 28 Lev Shlosberg appealed in court against the decision of the Pskov Regional Assembly deputies to deprive him of the mandate on September 24, 2015.

Shlosberg claims the decision violates both the federal legislation and the Pskov region legislation.

The Pskov Regional Assembly illegally deprived Lev Shlosberg, leader of the Pskov branch of YABLOKO, of his mandate. 41 deputies voted in favour of the proposal to deprive Shlosberg of his mandate, 3 voted against it.

Within 14 days YABLOKO Bureau is going to decide whom the mandate will be passed to.
Shlosberg was accused of representation in court the interests of the organisation Center of Social Engineering “Revival”, of which he was the founder. The legal side of the matter is simple: the court did not rule out that Lev Shlosberg’s representation of the interests of the NGO was against the law. The federal law does not stipulate for termination of the powers of a deputy for participation in a trial.

“The political side of the case is even more transparent. Official documents of the investigation published recently and interviews of persons involved make the following opinion reasonable for many people: “Governor Andrei Turchak is the one who ordered beating of journalist Oleg Kashin.” And the Governor has not commented on the charges against him.

In this situation, Mr. Turchak has been trying to deprive his key political platform of political tribune”, runs the YABLOKO statement.