State Duma Deputy from St. Petersburg Sergei Boyarsky confirmed information about the death of Senator Vadim Tyulpanov. It is reported by TASS on Tuesday, April 4.
“My colleagues from TV channel “Saint-Petersburg” have confirmed that Vadim Albertovich [Tulips] died”, — said the MP (before being elected to the lower house of Parliament, he headed the local TV station — approx. “Of the tape.ru”).
Earlier on Tuesday, the media, in particular, “Fontanka” and “Interfax” reported the death of a member of the Federation Council, citing sources. According to unconfirmed reports, Tulips slipped in the Wellness center and received a head injury.
The leader of fraction of party “United Russia” in legislative Assembly of Petersburg Alexander Teterenko also confirmed the death group. “This news threw me into shock, the poor with good things”, — quotes its “Interfax”.
The Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko expressed his condolences to the family, friends and colleagues group. “Hard and bitter to realize that the man who had done so much for St. Petersburg and Russia, died in the Prime of life. All of us it will be sorely missed,” — said in a statement Poltavchenko, published on the website of the city administration.
The Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko called group a prominent political figure who did much for the improvement of the Russian parliamentarism. “It is difficult to overestimate his contribution to the economic, social, cultural development of St. Petersburg. For many years we had a fruitful partnership and sincere friendship. Vadim Albertovich was a man of fine spiritual qualities” — are the words of the speaker of the upper chamber in a press release received by the editors”.ru”.
Tulips was the head of legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg from 2003 to 2011, since 2011 was a member of the Federation Council first from Saint Petersburg then from the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.