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At least nine senators to leave Federation Council on the results of regional elections that will be held in September. On Wednesday, July 19, reports RIA Novosti citing a source in the upper house of Parliament.
According to the interlocutor Agency, the Federation Council will take the former Deputy interior Minister Alexey Chekalin, a Senator from the Ryazan region Igor Morozov, a former Governor of Karelia Sergey Katanandov, now representing the Republic in the house and the Chairman of the Committee on international Affairs Alexander Totoonov. His place will be two-time Olympic champion, first Vice-President of Federation of wrestling Arsen fadzayev.
In addition, the upper house of Parliament to leave the senators from Mordovia Republic (Nikolay Petrushkin), Sevastopol (Andrei Sobolev), Krasnoyarsk region (Vladimir Kharlamov), as well as Kirov and Saratov regions (Oleg Kazakovtsev and Oleg Alekseev, respectively).
It is noted that other senators, in particular the head of the Committee for international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, managed to agree about prolongation of senatorial powers.
The day before “Interfax” and “Vedomosti” with reference to sources reported that Senate seat after the election may take Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.
July 12, was dismissed from the post of the head of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Viktor Ozerov. A week earlier, a source in the upper house of Parliament said “the Tape.ru” that the new head of the Committee will be the commander of the VKS, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev. According to the source, it will be delegated to the Federation Council by presidential quota.
In 2017, the single voting day will be held September 10. Gubernatorial elections will be held in 16 regions.