CEC excluded a candidate from the Social Revolutionaries from the list for elections to the State Duma

MOSCOW, August 9. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation at a meeting on Monday expelled the candidate from Fair Russia — For the Truth, Andrey Kovalev, from the federal list of the party to participate in the autumn elections of the State Duma deputies. Russia — Patriots — For the Truth «, candidate Andrey Arkadievich Kovalev (No. 1, regional group No. 21),» the resolution says. The Social Revolutionaries proposed a way to deal with the rise in prices in grocery stores. On July 24, the CEC registered a federal list of candidates for the State Duma, nominated by the Fair Russia — For Truth party, in the amount of 302 people. The federal part of the list includes four candidates, headed by the leader of A Just Russia — For Truth, Sergei Mironov, including the party's co-chairs Zakhar Prilepin and Gennady Semigin, as well as Senator Alexander Babakov. Voting in the Duma and other elections will take place on a single voting day. this year from 17 to 19 September, follows from the decision of the CEC. The State Duma is elected for a five-year term under a mixed electoral system: 225 deputies are elected from party lists, another 225 — from single-mandate constituencies in one round. June 18, 14:29 InfographicsElections to the State Duma — 2021InfographicsView