Putin apologized to the voters for Naryshkin

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the Russians, who voted for the speakers of the State Duma of the sixth convocation of Sergei Naryshkin. The head of state stated this at the meeting on September 22, during which he suggested that Naryshkin become the head of the foreign intelligence service (SVR).

“Sergey Evgenievich, everyone knows that you have now passed the difficult path within the framework of the election campaign and did not plan to compose your deputy mandate. I want to apologize for you to your voters, who reached you great confidence, choosing a deputy of the State Duma, ”Putin said.

He added that the site proposed by Naryshkin is no less important than deputy work. " “We will assume that the people who voted for you to a certain extent delegated you to this very responsible place of work,” Putin concluded.

In turn, the secretary of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Maya Grishina told Interfax that due to the departure of Naryshkin to the post of head of the SVR in a single-mandate district, from which he was elected to the State Duma, repeated elections will be scheduled. Grishina also clarified that under the legislation, repeated elections will be able to pass only a year later on the next single voting day, and until that moment the mandate of Naryshkin will remain vacant.

Who will take the position of speaker of the State Duma of the seventh convocation is still unknown. In August, Kommersant wrote that the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin could become it. Sources of the Rain television channel September 22 reported that Volodin was nominated on the post of Speaker of the State Duma on September 24.