MOSCOW, Mar 20The plenum of the Central Committee of the «Communists of Russia» party, headed by leader Maxim Suraykin, expelled from the party the executive secretary of the Central Committee, Sergei Malinkovich, and members of the «anti-party group» for spreading false information about the congress and the change in the leadership of the party, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Earlier, Malinkovich told RIA Novosti that The extraordinary party congress elected him the new chairman of the Central Committee, and also determined the new composition of the party's Central Committee. Suraikin, in turn, said that there was no congress, and his resignation from the post of party leader was not discussed, he sent requests to the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor General's Office with a request to check and punish the distributors of fake documents about the congress.
Yesterday, 10:48 The Communists of Russia party stated that Suraykin's departure was not discussed «Yesterday, an expanded meeting of the Politburo was held …, the Politburo unanimously decided to expel the anti-party group from the party … We propose to amend the paragraph on the termination of all powers. The decision was adopted in in general,» Suraikin said during his speech at the plenum of the Central Committee on the situation. «Not a single official body of the party made a decision to hold any congress. It was not convened. understands that this is a pure provocation and it has nothing to do with reality, that there was no congress except for the “narrow group”, documents were drawn, and they make fakes every day,” Suraykin added. According to him, this is a «attack in the form of a blitzkrieg» and an attempt to raid the party. There are 61 people in the Central Committee of the party, of which 46 members participate in the plenum, including 35 in person and 11 by video conference. As explained to RIA Novosti in the party, the quorum for opening the plenum of the Central Committee is 32 people, and the quorum for decision-making is half of those participating in the quorum plus one person, that is, 24 members of the Central Committee.
Yesterday, 13:52 The Communists of Russia claim that Suraykin was removed from office
