The state Duma has launched the official social media accounts. This was reported on the page of the lower house of Parliament in Facebook on Thursday, April 27.
“On 27 April, the Day of Russian parliamentarism, we begin our long journey on the coverage of the parliamentary agenda in social networks”, — stated in the message.
In addition to Facebook messages about the work of the state Duma will be published in Instagram, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Twitter. In addition, the lower house of Parliament opened a channel in the messenger Telegram. At the time of this writing, he was signed by 45 users.
Posts in social networks and messenger do not duplicate each other. So, in a Telegram presents a selection of news on the page in “Vkontakte”, in addition to news content, there are explanatory and informative posts. For example, in social networks has information on the adopted by the state Duma last week the law prohibiting the use of swear words and figures in the names of the children. The post is accompanied by a card with a selection of the most bizarre names.
On April 23 the appearance of the official account of the state Duma in social networks announced to “Vedomosti”. The publication notes that the content of the channels will be the responsibility of professional journalists. In addition, the leadership of the lower house of Parliament has ordered to upgrade the main site.