MOSCOW, Aug 1 Composition of senators after September elections will be updated by about 40% of those regions where there will be elections, said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko.
“As you (Vladimir Putin — ed.) know, 20 governors will be elected, 26 legislative assemblies, and about 40% of the senators of these regions will be renewed. people, new blood is pouring in. These are the most worthy, respected people from the regions,» she said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
September's regional elections may affect 46 potential senator mandates, about half of the current legislators may be re-elected, a source in the upper house of parliament said earlier.
Elections in Russia will be held on a single voting day on September 10, 2023. The Central Election Commission reported that elections of senior officials in 20 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and additional elections of State Duma deputies for four vacant seats in single-mandate constituencies are planned in the EDG. Elections are scheduled in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.