2023-08-02 20:12:05
Immediately in four new regions of the Russian Federation, regional branches of United Russia held party conferences to nominate candidates for legislative assemblies. All deputies will be elected on party lists.
The top three candidates in the DPR included the acting head of the republic Denis Pushilin, the commander of a separate reconnaissance battalion “Sparta” Artem Zhoga (father of the Hero of Russia and the DPR who died in the spring of 2022, the former battalion commander of this unit Vladimir Zhoga), as well as the general director of the Donetsk Republican Security Center motherhood and childhood, Honored Health Worker of the Russian Federation Anna Zheleznaya.
In the LPR, United Russia also nominated candidates for deputies of the Legislative Assembly. Acting head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik topped the list of candidates. In addition to him, the top three also included the secretary of the Lugansk regional branch of United Russia and the speaker of the regional parliament Denis Miroshnichenko, the State Duma deputy Viktor Vodolatsky, who oversees the republic. Goes to the polls and the senator from the LNR Olga Bas.
How many candidates were nominated by United Russia to the parliaments of the regions
DNR – 130 (90 mandates in parliament)
LC – 75 (50)
Zaporozhye region – 60 (40)
Kherson region – 50 (36)
The new convocation of the LPR parliament will have to first of all deal with the restoration of the socio-economic infrastructure, Vodolatsky told Vedomosti. “We must also provide assistance to people who find themselves in a difficult life situation in destroyed cities and regions. These are the issues of obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation, and the recalculation of pensions, and the restoration of housing. The front of work is big,” the deputy said.
According to the deputy secretary of the General Council of United Russia, senator from the LPR Daria Lantratova, with the support of the party, more than 50 laws have already been adopted aimed at integrating new regions into the Russian legal field. This work will continue in the autumn session of the federal parliament, she noted. Now the most active stage of the campaign is ahead in the new subjects of the Russian Federation, Lantratova noted. In addition, the parties see the current election cycle as a dress rehearsal before the country’s main elections in March 2024, she added.
The lists of candidates for deputies of the legislative assemblies of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions were headed respectively by the acting governors Yevgeny Balitsky and Volodymyr Saldo. The Zaporizhzhya United Russia party will also be led to the elections by the secretary of the regional branch of the party Galina Danilchenko and the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov, who took the 2nd and 3rd places in the list, respectively, Kherson – the second number in the list – State Duma deputy, secretary of the regional branch “United Russia” Igor Kastyukevich and the third number – the director of the Novaya Kakhovka bakery Elena Dmitruk.
“There is a clear understanding that we need to synchronize the legislation that has been separated from Russia for 30 years, especially the last eight. It is necessary to bring the local political environment to Russian standards,” Rogov explained.
As in other subjects, the stake here is on the heads of regions, who, moreover, must confirm their powers following the results of the elections, says political scientist Rostislav Turovsky. “Well-known local politicians and public figures known to the electorate were selected for the lists. But there are also federal figures from among those who are actively involved in these regions,” the expert said.
According to a Vedomosti source close to the leadership of one of the regions, the heads of regions usually have more authority in these territories than “ordinary deputies.”
In addition, according to two interlocutors of Vedomosti, close to United Russia, the presidium of the General Council will approve the acting party as the main candidates for appointment to governorships in September. MPs will vote for them following the September elections.
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