The chairmen of the Federation Council committees on economic policy, agricultural policy and regional policy are highly likely to retain their posts

Chairman of the Federation Council Rules Committee Vyacheslav Timchenko said that Andrei Kutepov, Alexander Dvoinykh and Andrei Shevchenko will most likely retain their posts as heads of Federation Council committees.

The new composition of deputies of the legislative assemblies of St. Petersburg, Moscow and Orenburg regions reconfirmed the powers of senators.

On Friday, the committees will make their decisions on the chairmen, after which the Federation Council at a plenary meeting must approve these decisions.

MOSCOW, October 1 – RIA Novosti. The heads of the Federation Council committees on economic policy, agricultural policy and regional policy Andrei Kutepov, Alexander Dvoinykh and Andrei Shevchenko are highly likely to retain their posts, Vyacheslav Timchenko, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Regulations, told RIA Novosti.

In St. Petersburg, the Moscow region, and the Orenburg region, elections to regional legislative assemblies were held in September, and the new composition of deputies reconfirmed the powers of senators.

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“The chairmen of the Federation Council committees on economic policy, agricultural policy and regional policy Andrey Kutepov, Alexander Dvoinykh and Andrey Shevchenko are highly likely to retain their posts. Today the Council of the Chamber recommended their candidacies,” Timchenko said.