MOSCOW, May 20. Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev announced that he proposed to nominate the head of the international committee State Duma Leonid Slutsky as chairman of the LDPR party. «I proposed at a conference of the Khabarovsk regional branch of the LDPR at the LDPR congress to nominate Leonid Slutsky as chairman of the party. I have known Leonid Eduardovich for 15 years. He is a guru in international politics and defending Russia's national interests abroad, and in party building and propaganda we will help. Be kind!» — wrote Degtyarev in his Telegram channel. On Wednesday, Slutsky was elected head of the LDPR Duma faction by a majority of votes. The meeting of the faction took place after the termination on May 17 of the powers of the leader and founder of the party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who died in April. After his death, Slutsky became the interim leader of the faction.
