May 22 (UPI) -- A Russian legislator was stripped of his seat in the upper house of parliament Wednesday, four months after he was arrested on murder charges.
The council voted unanimously among those lawmakers present to boot Rauf Arashukov from the body, saying he failed to submit a mandatory annual income declaration by an April deadline. Arashukov was arrested in the middle of a parliament session in January, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.