Volodin re-nominated as State Duma Speaker
The State Duma faction of United Russia nominated Vyacheslav Volodin for re-election as Speaker of the State Duma for the ninth convocation, a move supported by President Vladimir Putin and all parliamentary party leaders.
Consensus
- United Russia faction nominated Vyacheslav Volodin for Speaker of the State Duma ninth convocation.
- Vyacheslav Volodin has been Speaker of the State Duma since October 2016.
- President Vladimir Putin supported Volodin's candidacy.
- All parliamentary party leaders supported Volodin's candidacy.
- The nomination took place on September 29.
- The State Duma elections occurred from September 18 to 20.
- United Russia won 349 seats in the State Duma elections.
Points of divergence
- Volodin stated that consolidation of society and political forces is the basis for achieving national goals. — vedomosti
- Volodin said the elections showed unity of citizens around President Putin. — vedomosti
- Dmitry Peskov said United Russia's election victory reflects unity around Putin. — vedomosti
- Volodin demonstrated leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and the start of the special military operation in Ukraine. — kommerant
- Dmitry Medvedev said the party decided to keep Volodin as Speaker and appoint Dmitry Kobylkin as faction leader. — vm
- Volodin was supported by all opposition party representatives at the meeting with Putin. — interfax
- Gennadiy Zyuganov praised Volodin for establishing a weekly meeting mechanism with faction leaders. — tg_duma_gov_ru
- Leonid Slutsky said LDPR fully supports Volodin's candidacy. — tg_duma_gov_ru
- Alexander Babakov said Fair Russia will follow LDPR's lead in supporting Volodin. — tg_duma_gov_ru
- Vladislav Davankov praised Volodin's professionalism and ability to listen to all factions. — tg_duma_gov_ru
- Volodin promised to do everything so that people would not be ashamed of him. — vesti
- United Russia nominated Irina Yarovaya as First Deputy Speaker and several others as deputies. — kommerant
Coverage (20 sources)
- Yakushev stated that all State Duma parties support Volodin's candidacy — Ведомости
- Volodin called deputies from United Russia to justify the trust of voters — Ведомости
- Vologdin promised to do everything so that there would be no shame for him — Вести
- The "United Russia" faction nominated Volodin for the post of Chairman of the State Duma — Коммерсантъ
- United Russia nominated Volodin for the post of Chairman of the State Duma — Ведомости
- The 'United Russia' faction nominated Volodin for the post of Chairman of the State Duma — Вечерняя Москва
- Party faction "United Russia" put Volodin forward for the post of Chairman of the State Duma — Интерфакс
- ER proposed re-electing Voloshko as chairman of the regional parliament of Primorsky Krai — Интерфакс
- Putin supported Volodin's candidacy for speaker of the State Duma — РИАМО
- Representatives of parliamentary factions announced support for Volodin's candidacy for Speaker of the State Duma — Интерфакс
- Volodin stated that elected parties are united by the goal of working on the country's development — Интерфакс
- Putin supported the idea of nominating Volodin for the post of Chairman of the State Duma — Интерфакс
- Vladimir Putin stated that Vyacheslav Volodin of the eighth term of the State Duma organized work properly on a meeting with the leadership of Russian political parties, which took place in the ninth term of the State Duma... — Государственная Дума
- Leaders of all parliamentary parties supported Vladin's candidacy for speaker — Дождь (Telegram)
- Putin humorously responds to Zhirguinov's advice to Volodin to take 'left wheel' — Вести
- Putin supported Volodin's candidacy for the post of Chairman of the State Duma — Коммерсантъ
- Putin supported Volodin's candidacy for the post of Chairman of the State Duma — Вечерняя Москва
- United Russia put Volodin forward for the post of Chairman of the State Duma. He will receive this position for the third time in a row — Meduza
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin stated that he fully supports the candidacy of Vyacheslav Volodin for the post of Chairman... — Государственная Дума
- Putin supported Volodin's candidacy for speaker of the State Duma of the new convocation — Вести
Key entities
- Volodin
- State Duma
- United Russia
- Vladimir Putin
- Russia
- Moscow
- State Duma
- INTERFAX.RU
- KPRF
- Fair Russia
- Dmitry Novikov
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