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Elections to the State Duma of the ninth convocation took place earlier, the final results are expected no earlier than September 25, after which deputies will receive badges and certificates before the first plenary meeting.
The first plenary meeting of the State Duma of the new convocation will be held on September 30. RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to a source in the United Russia faction.
“The first meeting of the State Duma of the ninth convocation will take place on September 30,” the agency reports.
The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, reported that the final results of the State Duma elections will be announced no earlier than September 25. As Andrei Kuznetsov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma commission on regulations, noted, elected parliamentarians will receive deputy badges and certificates between the announcement of the election results and the first meeting.

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