the composition of senators will be updated by about 40% after the vote in September – Kommersant

President Vladimir Putin met with Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko. She said that according to the results of the elections in September, the composition of senators will be updated by about 40%.

Ms. Matviyenko recalled that 20 governors and 26 legislative assemblies would be elected on a single voting day. According to her, according to the results of voting, “the most worthy and respected people from the regions” always come to the Federation Council.

“New, fresh people come to us, what is called new blood is pouring in … This gives us the opportunity to always discuss any issues, problems that are acute in a wider field,” the speaker said (quoted from site Kremlin).

She added that “in general, the senators did a great job, they worked actively.” Mr. Putin in response thanked the members of the Federation Council for their work. “In general, of course, the work was quite tense and effective, decisions were made in a timely manner,” the president is convinced.

According to Kommersant’s calculations, at least a third of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, where direct gubernatorial elections will be held in September, will have a new senator from the executive branch. We are talking about the Omsk, Smolensk, Oryol, Pskov and Ivanovo regions, as well as the Altai and Primorsky territories: there, the “senatorial troikas” of the main candidates for the leadership position did not include current members of the upper chamber.

Details – in the material “Kommersant” “Electoral Rotation”.

Laura Keffer