Klishas was reappointed senator from the Krasnoyarsk Territory

Andrei Klishas was reappointed senator from the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the Federation Council, should from the decree of the acting governor of the region Mikhail Kotyukov.

“Give the powers of the senator of the Russian Federation – representative from the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory to Andrey Aleksandrovich Klishas. <...> The decree comes into force from the date of signing,” the website says.

Klishas became a senator from the Krasnoyarsk Territory in March 2012 and now holds the post of chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building. He co-authored amendments to the Constitution in 2020, as well as a number of high-profile laws. Member of the United Russia party.

Andrey Klishas was born on November 9, 1972 in Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg). In 1998 he graduated from RUDN University with a bachelor’s degree in law. Since 1998, he worked at the investment company Interros, where he held various positions up to the head of the board of directors. Since 2001, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Norilsk Nickel.

In December 2022, Klishas, ​​in an interview with Vedomosti, commenting on the absence of a decree on the end of partial mobilization, statedthat “we have no greater power in our country than the words of the president.”

“Do you think a decree is stronger than words? It seems to me not, at least in people’s perception. As a joke, let’s imagine that a decree was issued, but the president never said anything about it and avoids answering the question of whether the mobilization has ended. I think everyone would say: “Listen, the decree is a decree, but why doesn’t it confirm anything under the cameras,” he said.