Active reserve

The parties in power - “United Russia”, “A Just Russia” and the LDPR entered the election race today. Unlike its more lightweight competitors, who fielded their leaders with lengthy statements about their election plans, the United Russia party announced the creation of “a personnel reserve capable of implementing Putin’s Plan.” Party leader Boris Gryzlov stated this today, commenting on the information published on the United Russia website

for party voting into the party's personnel reserve. The United Russia list consists of 1,200 people, but by the end of the internal party primaries no more than 600 should remain. In addition to the already well-known United Russia deputies, there are many new faces. Moscow's list includes Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov. Minister of Agriculture Alexey Gordeev is on the Ryazan list. Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev from Perm. Great professionals in their field are also being proposed for deputies - Vladimir Kolesnikov, journalist Mikhail Leontyev and gymnast Alina Kabaeva. But the biggest sensation is the appearance of Rosneft President Sergei Bogdanchikov from Sakhalin on the deputy lists. A Just Russia plans to approve the lists of its candidates at the congress in September, and, as Sergei Mironov believes, SR confidently counts on the real help of its supporters, of whom there are already more than half a million, and UR only on administrative resources. It is obvious that pro-presidential parties are also preparing for a serious struggle for the regions, since, according to the new law, the party that wins the parliamentary elections can nominate its candidates for the positions of governors.