Leader of Russian Communist Party (KPRF) Gennady Zyuganov
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Communists Not to Vote for Putin in Duma
Presidium of the RF Communist Party Central Committee has resolved that the communist faction of the State Duma won’t vote for the PM office of Vladimir Putin at the extraordinary meeting on May 8. The respective sitting of Presidium was held on the eve of the May holidays, said Vladimir Soloviev, the State Duma member of communist faction.
Leader of Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov wasn’t so straightforward in early April, saying the faction might refuse to back up Putin as they don't back up the current course. Zyuganov conditioned the communist support to the absence of Alexei Kudrin and Mikhail Shvydkoy in the new cabinet.
The communist faction yields only to United Russia in parliament's strength; it has 57 members overall.
Meanwhile, the Duma leadership is sparing no efforts to ensure the maximum turnup. United Russia members have received special invitations, while in the LDPR faction, they said they were told to attend the meeting “each and every.”
The communist don’t press for the turnup. “We make no event of May 8, so if the lawmakers that left for the regions don’t return to Moscow in time, no one will blame them,” Soloviev said.
Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma will vote on the PM candidacy next day after Dmitry Medvedev’s inauguration, which is slated for May 7.
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