Dear Colleagues!

Whereas

Europe and the entire world is going through a critical moment in its history,

the last vestiges of legal political activity have been destroyed in Russia, the Russian leadership has lost all signs of legitimacy, and power has been usurped,

all the most prominent representatives of the opposition are either in prison or in exile,

the Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin has become the center of armed aggression against neighboring nations and a source of danger to the world,

We, the 59 legitimately elected Russian deputies,
who received our mandates in pre-war years from the citizens of Russia in internationally recognized elections,
have united to work within the Congress of People’s Deputies.

We inform you, that we accept authority and functionality of legitimate transitional parliament of Russia which will carry out the functions up to election of new legal authorities until after the transition of power is over.

We suggest you to establish official mutual relations between us and to refuse recognizing State Duma of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation and the President of the Russian Federation as legitimate representatives of Russian people.

We are ready to coordinate on behalf of Russia to work together to identify and punish those responsible for war crimes in Ukraine, as well as to implement an effective sanctions policy against Russian citizens responsible for unleashing and waging hostilities.

We also ask you to inform us of the Russian assets arrested on the territory of your country and the sub-sanctioned Russian citizens in order to unblock them as soon as possible for use in restoring the economy of Ukraine, which suffered from the aggression of Putin’s regime.

We have appointed an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary representative for communication between the Congress and the European Commission– Gennady Gudkov.

For your reference we are attaching brief information about the Congress and an official address of the Congress to the people of Anti-Putin coalition nations.

On behalf of I Congress of People’s Deputies (59 deputies from 32 regions of Russia) members of the Executive Council of the Congress:

 

Gennady Gudkov, chairperson of the I Congress

 

Ilya Ponomarev, chairperson of the Executive Council of the Congress

 

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