SIMFEROPOL, July 16 Represent Crimea in the Council The federation will be chess player Sergei Karyakin and SVO participant, Hero of Russia Yuri Nimchenko, said the head of the region Sergei Aksenov.
«Hero of Russia Yuri Petrovich Nimchenko will represent the executive body of state power of the Republic of Crimea in the Federation Council. <…> The senator from the representative body of state power of our republic will be Sergei Aleksandrovich Karyakin, a world-famous grandmaster,» the official said.
Yuri Nimchenko
Nimchenko — serviceman of the 126th separate guards coastal defense brigade of the 22nd Army Corps of Coastal Troops of the Black Sea Fleet. Aksenov called him a man with the right life position and the necessary qualities of character.
Karyakin, as the head of the republic emphasized, is a true patriot who has proven his strong position and pays great attention to the education of young citizens.
Since 2014 Crimea was represented in the Federation Council by Olga Kovitidi and Sergei Tsekov. Aksenov thanked them for their many years of fruitful work in the upper house of the Russian parliament and their great contribution to the development of the region and the country.
As Tsekov said, he knew about the impending decision two months ago and considers turnover a natural phenomenon. The politician clarified that he remains a senator until September, until new elections to the Crimean parliament are held.