Nechaev re-elected head of New People faction
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russia unanimously elected General Secretary Gennady Zyuganov as the leader of the party's faction in the State Duma of the ninth convocation.
Consensus
- Alexey Nechaev was re-elected as head of the 'New People' faction in the ninth convocation of the State Duma.
- Gennady Zyuganov was elected head of the CPRF faction in the ninth convocation of the State Dума.
- The election of both leaders was unanimous.
- The Central Election Commission issued credentials to newly elected deputies of the ninth convocation on September 29.
- The State Duma's ninth convocation was confirmed after elections held from September 18 to 20.
- The first session of the State Duma is scheduled for September 30.
Points of divergence
- Vladislav Davankov was appointed first deputy head of the 'New People' party, and Sardana Avksentieva became deputy head of the faction. — vedomosti
- The 'New People' faction may increase the number of committees it leads from two to three, possibly including the Committee on Ecology. — vedomosti
- Elena Panova, former deputy governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, is a likely candidate to lead the Committee on Ecology. — vedomosti
- Ivan Melnikov was proposed as a candidate for First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. — interfax
- Dmitry Novikov was supported as an alternative candidate for Chairman of the State Duma. — interfax
- The CPRF proposed candidates for five committee chairmanships, including Sergey Gavrilov for the Committee on Property and Leonid Kalashnikov for the Committee on CIS, Eurasian Integration, and Relations with Compatriots. — interfax
- Nikolai Kolomeitsev was elected first deputy head of the CPRF faction. — vesti
- Ivan Melnikov was nominated for First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. — vesti
Coverage (7 sources)
- Nechaeva re-elected as head of the parliamentary faction of the 'New People' party — Ведомости
- Zyuganov elected head of CPRF faction in State Duma — Интерфакс
- Zyuganov heads the faction of the CPRF in the State Duma of the new convocation — Вести
- Slutsky elected head of LDPR faction — Ведомости
- Slutsky again became the head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma — Вести
- LDPR put forward candidates for positions of deputy speaker of the State Duma and heads of three committees — Интерфакс
- Slutsky elected head of LDPR faction in the ninth convocation of the State Duma — Интерфакс
Key entities
- State Duma
- LDPR
- KPRF
- Leonid Slutsky
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- CC
- Gennadiy Zhiuganov
- Andrey LugoVOY
- GD
- New People
- Russia
- State Duma
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