Russian villagers petition to oust local council head over livestock seizure protests

Residents of the village of Kozikha in Russia’s Novosibirsk Region have collected 268 signatures on a petition asking the regional governor to dismiss Nina Chistyakova, head of the Kozikha village council, for losing the public’s trust — not to accept her resignation voluntarily, one of the petition’s authors told the independent Russian media outlet 7×7.