Koch refused the Senator chair

Alfred Koch, nominated to the Federation Council from the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region, refused the Senator chair. He stated this at a meeting with Governor Valery Serdyukov that "he made this decision due to that, there are some unpleasant moments around my nomination." “I do not want a negative wave to rise around my behalf and purity of the thoughts of the Legislative Assembly,” Koch said.

Alfred Koch sent his request for a resignation to the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region, which will consider it at the nearest session. According to Fontanka.ru , the regional governor Valery Serdyukov refused to comment.

Alfred Koch was nominated as a candidate for the post of senator as an initiative group of 17 deputies of the regional legislative assembly. On February 26, parliamentarians approved his candidacy and adopted a resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region "On the election of a member of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - a representative from the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region".

However, two days later the claim was sent, challenging the decision of the deputies in connection with the violations admitted during the nomination of the candidacy. It was sent by the chairman of the commission on the legality and law and order of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region Oleg Petrov to the Court of Vyborg.