The Federation Council confirmed that they will not publish the declarations of senators

All senators submitted income declarations for 2022 on time, but their publication is not planned, said Yury Vorobyov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, Chairman of the Federation Council Commission for Controlling the Accuracy of Information on Income, Property and Property Liabilities.

“In accordance with the requirements for the provision of information on income, expenses, property and liabilities of a property nature for 2022, all senators reported on time. The publication of data in open sources in 2023 is not planned on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2022 No. 968 “On the specifics of the performance of duties, compliance with restrictions and prohibitions in the field of combating corruption by certain categories of citizens during the period of a special military operation,” said He.

Formerly Vedomosti wrotethat the State Duma and the Federation Council may not publish declarations even in a generalized form. The interlocutor of the newspaper in the presidential administration said that both houses of parliament would decide on the publication of information in a generalized form “at will”. Traditionally, in past years, the declarations of deputies and senators on the website of the State Duma and the Federation Council appeared on Friday in the middle of the month, usually in the period from April 14 to 16.

Generalized information on the income of deputies will need to be published when the presidential decree ceases to be valid, which allows not to disclose information about income during the special operation, the source of Vedomosti in the State Duma office noted: “Now there is no such obligation.” The lower house of parliament has no plans to publish information on deputy incomes, even in a generalized form. This applies to everyone, not just those who were sent to the war zone, the source said.