Source: Klintsevich will leave the position of Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense
Senator Franz Klintsevich wrote a letter of resignation from the post of first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security, it will become an ordinary Senator, a member of the Committee, told RIA Novosti source in the Federation Council.
According to the source, the vacant post of first Deputy Chairman of the Committee is the Senator from Karelia Alexander Rakitin, who until September 2017 has held the position of chief UFSB of Russia on the Western military district.
“The issue of the appointment Rakitin is Klintsevich will be considered at the meeting on 14 February,” — said the Agency interlocutor.