Both the lawmakers were branded traitors after their comments last Friday during a meeting of the legislative assembly of the Primorsky region in eastern Russia.
It was a rare public show of dissent against Mr Putin who has largely enjoyed the public loyalty of the country's political parties
and government officials despite thousands of people having been killed and wounded during Russia's ongoing military campaign in Ukraine.
Mr Vasyukevich appealed to the Russian President to stop the war and withdraw his troops from Ukraine,
Kozhemyako accused Vasyukevich of "tarnishing" the reputation of the Russian army.Russian artists, media figures and several business tycoons have spoken out against the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine