Miami Property Disclosure Forces Russian Lawmaker to Quit
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A senior member of Russia’s lower house of parliament resigned a week after bloggers published documents showing he owned luxury property in Florida.
Vladimir Pekhtin, a lawmaker from the ruling United Russia party who also quit last week as chairman of the State Duma’s ethics committee, voluntarily surrendered his seat, according to an e-mailed transcript of Pekhtin’s speech in parliament.