Communist MP undergoes operation
Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov commented on the hospitalization of fellow Valery Rashkin, who had recently been stripped of parliamentary immunity due to illegal hunting.
Photo: Alexander Astafiev
“Let's figure it out. He had an operation, this is the second phase of the operation, in connection with this court had to postpone, “- said the politician in an interview with Gazeta.ru.
Another Communist MP, Nikolai Kolomeitsev, told RIA Novosti that Rashkin had been taken to hospital for eye surgery and said he could return to work in the near future. .
Earlier, at the request of the Attorney General, the State Duma stripped Rashkin of his parliamentary immunity.
In October, Rashkin's car was stopped in the Saratov region. The MP himself first stated that he had only found the carcass of an animal in the forest and intended to hand it over to law enforcement authorities.
criminal proceedings have been instituted against the deputy for illegal hunting.
Rashkin uploaded a video report on the scandalous hunt: “The body of an elk lies”
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