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A Russian politician from St. Petersburg has asked prosecutors to investigate Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Born Oct. 7, 1952, in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Prez for using the word "war" to describe the conflict in Ukraine, accusing the Kremlin chief of breaking his own law, Reuters reported, citing from BTA.

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Putin has been calling Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "special military operation" for months.

He signed laws in March this year that carry heavy fines and prison terms for defaming or deliberately spreading false information about the armed forces, putting people who call the war by its real name at risk of prosecution.

However, Putin deviated from his usual language, telling reporters: "Our goal is not to turn the wheel of military conflict, but on the contrary, to end this war."

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While he thought the legal action he took might come to nothing, Nikita Yuferev, an opposition city councilor in Putin's native St Petersburg, did it anyway to expose the "falsehood" of the system.

"It is important for me to do this to draw attention to the contradiction and injustice of these laws that he (Putin) adopts and signs, but which he himself does not comply with," Yuferev told Reuters.

"I think the more we talk about it, the more people will doubt his honesty, his infallibility, and the less support there will be for him."

In an open letter, Yuferev asked the attorney general and interior minister to hold Putin accountable under the law for spreading fake news about the actions of the Russian military.

Yuferev, who asked Reuters not to reveal his location, said critics of Putin who publicly called the war by its real name had suffered severe punishment.

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referred to the prosecutor's office