The head of the Central Election Commission , Vladimir Churov , summing up the results of the commission meeting at which the results of the elections of deputies to the State Duma of Russia were summed up, joked that he would leave the Central Election Commission for politics, RIA Novosti reports .

“When I leave the Central Election Commission, I’ll get involved in politics,” Churov said before the end of the meeting. After a pause, he explained: “It’s a joke about leaving.”

At the meeting, the CEC did not support the proposal to consider the issue of Churov’s resignation, which was put on the agenda by a member of the commission from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation with an advisory vote , Kirill Serdyukov - no one supported this proposal. Serdyukov announced a statement by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation expressing no confidence in Churov. In turn, the head of the CEC noted that “the statement was taken into account,” but added that this issue is not on the agenda.

Also, the CEC did not consider questions about the relationship between its work in summing up the election results and the numerous protest rallies taking place in Russian cities this week.

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