Sergei Shnurov was nominated by a candidate for deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg
Sergey Shnurov
The Political Fire Party of Growth recommended that its St. Petersburg branch nominate the leader of the Leningrad group Sergey Shnurov as a candidate for deputies to the city parliament, Interfax said .
Shnurov became a member of the party on February 20.
Driving in the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg in the 21st district were appointed on June 7 due to the death of the deputy from "United Russia" Pavel Zelenkova.
The political press wrote that the Kremlin plans to flood the electoral lists in the State Duma in small parties to help United Russia. The representative office in the regional parliament will help parties to take part in the federal elections.
The opposition criticizes Shnurov for the decision to participate in the "Spoilean Kremlin Project". In turn, the close friend of Shnurov, journalist Alexander Nevzorov, said that the musician sincerely went into politics and wants to "save Russia." Wed VKontakte Wed in classmates Wed on Twitter