Overview
- Lawmakers adopted a resolution authorizing a criminal case against the United Russia deputy under Article 290(6) of the Criminal Code.
- The decision was taken during the closed portion of the Duma’s November 11 plenary session, according to documents in the chamber’s database.
- Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan submitted the request on October 31, which was reviewed and recommended for approval by the mandates and income-declaration commission.
- Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin forwarded the materials to the relevant commissions in line with procedure before the matter reached the floor.
- Voronovsky has denied wrongdoing, saying he does not consider himself guilty; he is a Krasnodar Krai representative on the transport committee and a former regional deputy governor.