Russia’s ruling United Russia party are the confirmed winners of Sunday’s parliamentary polls, giving the allies of President Vladimir Putin control of the lower house of parliament, or Duma.
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On Thursday, Vladimir Putin named the Russian diplomat Sergey Naryshkin the new head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), also known as the Russian espionage overseas.
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The 52-year-old has become known for his statement “there is no Russian Federation without Putin”.
The Duma will vote to appoint Volodin the speaker when it meets next month.
The parliamentary elections which officially ended on Monday were classified as the “dirtiest and most corrupt in the history of Russia”.
Putin drew Zyuganov’s attention to the fact it was the Communist Party that was running the country at the moment, and not some other party that might be advancing the ideas of nationalism or other destructive ideas, ruinous for any state, let alone such a multi-ethnic country as Russian Federation.
The low turnout for Sunday’s parliamentary election in Russian Federation – less than 48 percent of eligible voters participated, the lowest level since 1991 – reflected, among other things, growing disillusionment with the economic situation in the country. They all enthusiastically supported Volodin’s candidacy and were openly lobbying Putin to let them to keep the committees they led in the old parliament. Some pundits saw the speaker’s job as a demotion for him, while others speculated he would use it to further raise his clout.
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, left, and then-prime minister (now president) of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, chat following a news conference in Istanbul, December 3, 2012.
