MOSCOW, August 2 The regional political council of United Russia has suspended the membership of Senator Dmitry Savelyev, he has been removed from all party posts, said the executive secretary of the United Russia Ethics Committee, Yevgeny Revenko.
Earlier it became known that Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov appealed to the Federation Council with a motion to strip Senator Dmitry Savelyev of immunity in connection with the establishment of his involvement in organizing the murder. The Federation Council agreed to lift Savelyev's immunity. As reported by the head of the Federation Council Committee on Regulations Vyacheslav Timchenko, Savelyev was asked to leave the meeting room, and was detained by employees as he was leaving
«By decision of the regional political council, Dmitry Savelyev's membership in the party has been suspended. He has been removed from all party posts,» Revenko said.
According to him, if the court's decision is guilty, Savelyev will be expelled from the party. Revenko clarified that this is an unconditional requirement of the charter, which is strictly observed.
«We are in the legal field and only a court can call a person guilty, so there are procedures according to which membership in the party is suspended, and if the court declares a person guilty, he is expelled from the party,» Revenko explained.