MOSCOW, June 30 Senator from Omsk Region Elena Mizulina may leave the Federation Council after a single voting day on September 10, RBC claims, citing a source familiar with the situation. , — the source quotes the publication.
This information was confirmed by RBC and an interlocutor in the upper house of parliament.
According to another source close to the presidential administration, there were those who wanted to keep Mizulina as a senator, «but the likelihood of her leaving is really high.»
The publication sent a request to Mizulina herself.
Mizulina became a representative in the Federation Council from the government of the Omsk region in September 2015. She was empowered by the then governor Viktor Nazarov. In September 2018, Mizulina was again appointed senator, a decree to this effect was signed by Alexander Burkov, who replaced Nazarov as governor. In March 2023, Burkov resigned of his own free will, Vitaliy Khotsenko, who had previously been the chairman of the government of the DPR, was appointed acting head of the region.
Elections of the head of the Omsk region will be held on 9 and 10 September. Khotsenko (from United Russia), Andrei Alekhin (Communist Party of the Russian Federation), Maxim Makalenko (LDPR), Vladimir Kazanin (Communists of Russia), as well as self-nominees Yuri Alexandrov, Dmitry Gudz, Vadim Cherkin and Sergey have already submitted documents for participation in them. Skripal.