Vолодин to lead State Duma for third term
Vyacheslav Volodin will retain his post as Speaker of the State Duma — RBC Vyacheslav Volodin will remain Speaker of the State Duma in the new term, RBC reports citing three sources.
Consensus
- Vячеслав Володин will continue as speaker of the State Duma in the new convocation.
- The decision has been informally agreed upon by political sources.
- The final decision rests with President Vladimir Putin.
- The outcome could still change even shortly before the first plenary session.
- Vолодин has been actively involved in discussions about the new composition of the State Duma.
- Vолодин was elected from the Saratov single-mandate constituency №164 as a candidate of United Russia, winning with 82.84% of the vote.
- If re-elected, Володин will become the first speaker in Russian history to serve three consecutive terms.
- The speaker is formally elected by deputies from among their own members.
Points of divergence
- Vолодин received over 99% of votes in the initial vote count, later confirmed as 82.84% after full counting. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Vолодин made the statement 'There is Putin — there is Russia, without Putin — there is no Russia.' — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Vолодин used the slogan 'Russia! Putin! Victory!' during the previous convocation. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- No alternative candidates were discussed for the position. — kommersant
- Vолодин previously served as first deputy head of the Presidential Administration, responsible for internal policy. — novaya_eu
Coverage (9 sources)
- Volodin will become the first speaker of the State Duma to lead it for more than two terms — Москва 24
- Vladislav Volodin will remain Chairman of the State Duma for a third term — Коммерсантъ
- Vladislav Volodin will become the Speaker of the State Duma for the third time — Коммерсантъ
- Putin will leave Volodin at the head of the State Duma for a third term in a row — The Moscow Times
- Vladislav Volodin will retain the post of Speaker of the State Duma — RBC — ЭХО / Новости
- RBC: Volodin may remain Speaker of the State Duma for a third consecutive term — Новая газета Европа
- Vologdin will lead the State Duma for the third time in a row — RBC — SOTAvision
- RBC: Vyacheslav Volodin will head the State Duma of the ninth convocation — Вечерняя Москва
- RBC: Volodin will remain Speaker of the State Duma for a third consecutive term — Дождь (Telegram)
Key entities
- Vyacheslav Volodin
- State Duma
- RBC
- Vladimir Putin
- U
- Russia
- United Russia
- Duma
- State Duma
- TASS
- The Authorities
- Saratov Oblast
- Gavriil Grigorov
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