The Russian Duma elects speaker and two first speakers
The 57-year-old former presidential chief of staff Sergey Naryshkin has been elected speaker of the State Duma at the first meeting of the newly-elected lower house of parliament today.
Pro-Kremlin party United Russia, which has 238 seats in Duma, voted for Naryshkin, a longtime Putin ally and suspected former KGB officer. Naryshkin needed at least 226 votes to be elected. Candidates nominated by three other parties in the Duma could not muster enough votes in their support.
After his election, Naryshkin addressed the State Duma and suggested reforming the Russianpolitical system with the aim to make it more efficient.
United Russia's Alexander Zhukov and Communist Party's Ivan Melnikov have been elected first deputy speakers. There was only one first deputy speaker in the previous parliament, United Russia's Oleg Morozov.
Among those elected to the new Duma were Maria Kozhevnikova, a 27-year-old Playboy Russia covergirl, who was recently voted the country's sexiest woman by Maxim magazine, former heavyweight boxer Nikolai Valuyev and retired tennis champion Marat Safin.
The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved by the Russian public in a referendum.
This came hours after opposition leader Alexey Navalny, and dozens of other activists, were released after serving 15-day sentences for disobeying police orders during Russia's first major protest earlier this month.
United Russia lost 77 seats in the Duma, or lower house of parliament, following an election that critics say was marred by fraud across the country. Protesters are demanding that the elections be reheld and have also begun to focus on Russia's 4 March presidential vote, when Vladimir Putin, currently prime minister, hopes to return to the presidency.
"The party of crooks and thieves is putting forward for the presidency its main crook and thief," said Navalny, referring to Putin and United Russia. "We have to vote against him, fight against him."
Putin has not addressed the protests since first commenting on them last week. On Wednesday he met a small- and medium- sized business lobby and promised to transform Russia into a top location for business over the next 10 years. About $74bn has fled the country this year, accelerating as the protests took hold.
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The 57-year-old former presidential chief of staff Sergey Naryshkin has been elected speaker of the State Duma at the first meeting of the newly-elected lower house of parliament today.
Pro-Kremlin party United Russia, which has 238 seats in Duma, voted for Naryshkin, a longtime Putin ally and suspected former KGB officer. Naryshkin needed at least 226 votes to be elected. Candidates nominated by three other parties in the Duma could not muster enough votes in their support.
After his election, Naryshkin addressed the State Duma and suggested reforming the Russianpolitical system with the aim to make it more efficient.
United Russia's Alexander Zhukov and Communist Party's Ivan Melnikov have been elected first deputy speakers. There was only one first deputy speaker in the previous parliament, United Russia's Oleg Morozov.
Among those elected to the new Duma were Maria Kozhevnikova, a 27-year-old Playboy Russia covergirl, who was recently voted the country's sexiest woman by Maxim magazine, former heavyweight boxer Nikolai Valuyev and retired tennis champion Marat Safin.The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to as deputies. The State Duma replaced the Supreme Soviet as a result of the new constitution introduced by Boris Yeltsin in the aftermath of the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, and approved by the Russian public in a referendum.
This came hours after opposition leader Alexey Navalny, and dozens of other activists, were released after serving 15-day sentences for disobeying police orders during Russia's first major protest earlier this month.
United Russia lost 77 seats in the Duma, or lower house of parliament, following an election that critics say was marred by fraud across the country. Protesters are demanding that the elections be reheld and have also begun to focus on Russia's 4 March presidential vote, when Vladimir Putin, currently prime minister, hopes to return to the presidency.
"The party of crooks and thieves is putting forward for the presidency its main crook and thief," said Navalny, referring to Putin and United Russia. "We have to vote against him, fight against him."
Putin has not addressed the protests since first commenting on them last week. On Wednesday he met a small- and medium- sized business lobby and promised to transform Russia into a top location for business over the next 10 years. About $74bn has fled the country this year, accelerating as the protests took hold.
Sources:
rbcnews
The Guardian
en.trend
en.wikipedia
Topix
chinadaily
english.ruvr
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