Deputies from United Russia were instructed to send requests for a military operation only to Andrei Turchak

State Duma deputies from United Russia will no longer send appeals containing requests, proposals, and other issues related to a special military operation to the White House, as well as relevant ministries and departments. According to three interlocutors of Vedomosti in the State Duma, the faction notified the deputies that now, on the topics of a special military operation, they need to apply “exclusively” to the specialized coordinating working group headed by the first vice speaker of the Federation Council, Secretary of the General Council of United Russia Andrei Turchak .

The group “to ensure the interaction of public authorities and organizations on issues of mobilization training and mobilization, social and legal protection of citizens” was created by presidential decree on December 20, 2022. It included representatives of different factions, and the first meeting was held on December 28 last year at the Ministry of Defense with the participation of the head of the military department Sergei Shoigu. Although the event was held behind closed doors, after it Turchak explained that the group was processing requests from the families of the mobilized, it would also consider and finalize, together with the Ministry of Defense and other executive authorities, bills related to the special operation.