MOSCOW, May 31. Head of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection Dmitry Khubezov decided to leave his post to participate in a special operation and recommended appointing Deputy of the State Duma Badma Bashankaev instead. I will come … Our children are sitting in the trenches, they give their lives for us. I must be there … I ask you to relieve me of the post of chairman of the health protection committee … so that I can go to the front. For the position … I recommend my deputy Badma Nikolaevich Bashankaev , who, I am sure, will do better than me,» Khubezov said at a meeting of the General Council of United Russia.
Chairman of the United Russia Party Dmitry Medvedev wished Khubezov success in his «noble mission» and noted that this issue should be discussed.
>»Because decisions must be taken by both the party and the state,» he explained.