VLADIVOSTOK, Aug 17The Communists withdrew their candidate for the Vladivostok Duma, Pavel Izhko, who, at a meeting with voters, “could not clearly express” the party’s position on the special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, Anatoly Dolgachev, the first secretary of the committee of the Primorsky regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, head of the faction in the regional parliament, told RIA Novosti. «We support the actions of our military to denazify Ukraine… Pavel Izhko, as a candidate for deputies (the Duma of Vladivostok — ed.), could not clearly express the position of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on this issue, so the bureau of the regional committee considered it necessary to recall him.
August 9, 13:47Special military operation in UkraineZyuganov believes that the regions of Donbass and Ukraine will soon «return to their homeland» We do not see the expediency of his being in the Duma if he cannot clearly formulate and convey to the voter the position of the Communist Party on this issue. And with us it is direct and clear — we support the actions of our Armed Forces for the denazification of Ukraine, demilitarization,» Dolgachev said. He added that the position of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on supporting the special operation «is expressed in a number of statements, decisions of the central committee» — and every communist must » on this issue, first of all, express the position of the party. «According to him, the issue of expelling Izhko from the party was not considered. The chairman of the election commission of Primorsky Territory, Tatyana Gladkikh, confirmed to RIA Novosti that the document «on the withdrawal of Izhko's candidacy was received by the district election commission, it will be considered by the commission «. RIA Novosti does not yet have a comment for Izhko, who was a candidate for the Vladivostok Duma in district No. 28. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been bullied for eight years, genocide by the Kyiv regime.» For this, according to him, it is planned to hold a «demilita rization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, is «the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself.» 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
