CHITA, July 8 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian school principal who sought help for drug addiction has resigned under pressure from prosecutors, according to an official statement Monday.
Prosecutors in the rural Siberian district of Akshinsky, which borders Mongolia, had demanded in court that the principal be fired on grounds that a drug addict “cannot perform teaching duties, let alone run a school,” the regional prosecutor’s office said in a statement posted on its official website.
The principal, who had been exposed as having signed up for an addiction therapist, did not wait for the verdict before he resigned, the statement said.
Prosecutors are also demanding that the principal’s driver’s license be revoked because “people suffering from drug addiction present a real threat to road traffic safety,” the statement said. That case is pending in court.
The statement did not specify what drug the principal had been addicted to.
