Direct speech

Mikhail Margelov, senator from the Pskov region: “Peace on earth does not live by a single army. For fourteen years I carried out the orders of the Pskovites in the Federation Council and was in the thick of our diplomacy. And I can say with confidence that I did not let down the people of Pskov in protecting the interests of the country. I say this because I am leaving the Federation Council in September, I am sure that worthy and professional people will come to replace me. Well, Pskov will remain my hometown, and therefore - until we meet again!
According to PLN , August 2.

Lev Shlosberg, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly (RODP YABLOKO): “I haven’t talked with Mikhail Margelov for a long time, I don’t have enough information about his activities as a representative of the Pskov region in the Federation Council, there was no report before the regional Assembly. I am not interested in the resignation of Mr. Margelov, he left and left. I do not know with whom he quarreled or, conversely, reconciled. I am sure that his resignation has nothing to do with his work in the region. This is a rather banal situation for Andrey Turchak, who is used to cynically using people for his own purposes and then treacherously throwing them away. As a human being, I feel sorry for Mikhail Margelov, but he should have understood who he was dealing with. Someday they will do the same to him. Everything comes back."
According to PLN , July 29.

Alexander Rogov, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly (KPRF): “I am sure that the decision of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is behind this event. But it is half-hearted for the Pskov region, because it is necessary to make a decision not only on Margelov, but also on Andrey Turchak. I absolutely agree with the assumptions of the press that this dismissal is connected with a silent position on the Crimea, Ukraine, and Turchak takes exactly the same silent position. Today, Putin needs, like Stalin in the late 30s, to think and look around. It is not necessary to take repressive measures, but it is necessary to say goodbye to some representatives of your environment, including those like Margelov.”
According to PLN , July 29.

Sergei Makarchenko, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly (LDPR): “Margelov did nothing for the region: he was a senator from the region for 14 years, but did absolutely nothing for the region. How to evaluate his work? Let it be evaluated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, because he was only engaged in these matters, solving the geopolitical issues of the state, and not the problems of the Pskov region. How do I rate the change? No way: that the deputies of the State Duma from the Pskov region do nothing, that the senators. Alexander Borisov, perhaps, did a lot of things? It seems like a Pskovian, from Kunya, it seems that he spoke with a report. True, I never understood what he did for the region. If there is Bibikova, it means that now, instead of Margelov, she will do nothing in the Federation Council. Just as she did nothing in the regional Assembly, so now it will be in the Federation Council. But in order to discuss these candidacies, it is necessary that the person who proposed the candidate be elected first.”
According to PLN , July 29.

Oleg Bryachak, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly (Fair Russia faction): “A senator should be a Pskov citizen with experience in public work or from among deputies or public associations, with experience in resolving problems that citizens apply to.”
According to PLN , July 29.

Igor Savitsky, deputy of the Pskov Regional Assembly (KPRF): “I'm sorry that Mikhail Margelov will resign. It was beneficial for the region. I think he was a good senator. At least he maintained relations with our region, and we could always turn to him on all issues that worried us, that were relevant to us. I think he did a lot for Russia. I know his endless business trips to the African continent. Indeed, there have been moves towards improving relations with Russia.”
According to PLN , July 29.

Yuri Shmatov, ex-chairman of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies: “I believe that Mikhail Margelov adequately fulfilled his duty, which was entrusted to him from our region in the Federation Council, but rotation should be in any case. He always fulfilled all our requests with great desire and very worthily. But not only fulfilled, but always reported on it, came to Pskov. Apparently, now the time has come when it is necessary to make a replacement, he has been in the Federation Council for quite a long time. Rotation should be in any case.
According to PLN , July 29.