In an interview with Kommersant correspondent Ekaterina Samarova, IVAN TARUSOV said that his

In an interview with Kommersant correspondent Ekaterina Samarova, IVAN TARUSOV said that his resignation was initiated by the regional governor Yuri Lodkin.
— What will be your next actions? — Today I will file a protest against the illegal decision of the deputies. The mayor of a city can lose his powers only in three cases: if he changes his citizenship, is under investigation, or in the event of his death. Although, I think, the deputies would happily vote for my early death... This is not just a crisis of power in the region, it is complete chaos. By order from above, they took and removed the head of the municipality!
— Who initiated your resignation?
— It was initiated by the regional administration. This is political insanity: a member of the political council of United Russia, it turns out, is carrying out direct instructions from the regional committee of the Communist Party (Governor Yuri Lodkin is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - Kommersant). I would not be surprised if Valery Polyakov is expelled from United Russia today.
— Do you mean the governor’s personal instructions?
— Of course, all this was initiated personally by the governor.

Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 71 dated April 23, 2002, p. 5

"This is political insanity"