Four United Russia Leaders Reject Duma Mandates
Leaders of the United Russia federal list have renounced their Duma mandates. Four members of the top five of the United Russia federal list renounced their mandates: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, military correspondent Evgeny Poddubny, and Children's Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova.
Consensus
- Four of the five top candidates from United Russia’s federal list refused their Duma mandates.
- Sergey Lavrov, Sergei Sobyanin (mэр Москвы), Maria Lvova-Belova (children's ombudsman), and Evgeny Poddubny refused their mandates.
- The Central Election Commission (ЦИК) registered the refusals and confirmed that all vacancies were filled by other candidates from the United Russia federal list.
- Only one candidate from the original top five—Vladislav Golovin—retained his mandate.
- The new composition of the State Duma was finalized, with no vacant seats remaining.
- The election for the 9th State Duma convocation took place between 18–20 September.
- United Russia won 349 mandates in the election.
- The first session of the new State Duma was scheduled for 30 September.
Points of divergence
- More than 50 elected United Russia deputies, mainly governors and senators, refused their mandates. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Among the new deputies are at least 46 participants in the war in Ukraine. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Sergei Arbuzov, a former Ukrainian prime minister, was elected from the 'Fair Russia' list representing annexed Crimea and occupied Ukrainian territories. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Deputies from the so-called 'DNR' include Alexander Borodai and Iryna Kuksenkova. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Vitaly Saveliev is expected to become deputy chairman of the State Duma. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Mikhail Rakhlin, president of the St. Petersburg Judo Federation and son of Vladimir Putin’s coach, was elected. — tg_radiosvoboda
- Approximately 60 candidates registered as deputies of the 9th convocation have refused their mandates. — interfax
- Yuri Trutnev, the deputy prime minister and presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, also refused his mandate. — vedomosti
- Additional deputies who refused mandates include Kostyuk, Yakushev, Pasler, Khabirov, Fedorishchev, Minnihanov, Shuvaev, Khinshtein, Vorobiev, and Aksenov. — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (17 sources)
- Four out of five leaders of the United Russia list refused parliamentary mandates Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov, Mayor of Moscow... — ЭХО / Новости
- Lavrov, Sobyanin and Poddubny declined State Duma mandates — Радио Свобода
- Four out of five leaders of the 'United Russia' list have renounced their Duma mandates — ЭХО / Новости
- Lavrov, Sobyanin, Poddubny and Lvova-Belova renounced their parliamentary mandates — Вести
- Lavrov, Sobyanin, Lvova-Belova and Trutnev declined parliamentary mandates — Интерфакс
- Sobyanin renounced the parliamentary mandate of the United Russia — НТВ Москва
- Leaders of the United Russia federal list refused parliamentary mandates — Дождь (Telegram)
- Kostyuk, Yakushev, Pasler, Khabirov, Fedorishchev, Minnikhanov, Shuvaev, Khinshtein, Vorobyov, Aksenov refused from duma mandates... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Lavrov, Sobyanin, Lvova-Belova and Poddubny refused to take Gosduma mandates — Ведомости
- Lavrov, Sobyanin and Lvova-Belova renounced mandates of the United Russia in the State Duma — Коммерсантъ
- Tsik: Lavrov, Sobyanin, Lvova-Belova and Poddubny refused ER mandates — Вечерняя Москва
- Sobyanin renounced the parliamentary mandate of the United Russia — Москва 24
- From the first five of the federal list of 'ER' to the State Duma will go only one — Vladislav Golovin — Новая газета Европа
- Four out of the first five deputies of the 'United Russia' party will refuse mandates — Вести
- Lavrov, Sobyanin and Poddubny may renounce their parliamentary mandates — TASS and Kommersant — ЭХО / Новости
- Russia's Foreign Minister, Moscow Mayor, 'military correspondent' Poddubny and Lviv Children's Ombudsman Lvova-Belova may renounce their 'United...' mandates — ASTRA
- Lavrov, Sobyanin, Poddubny and Lvova-Belova will refuse mandates — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Sergei Sobyanin
- United Russia
- Moscow
- Russia
- Maria Lvova-Belova
- Sergey Lavrov
- State Duma
- MID
- CIC
- Young Army
- TASS
- ER
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