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Author At the end of the first session of the eighth convocation, four members of the State Duma of the United Russia missed more than half of the plenary sessions and became leaders in the evaluation of the Duma “schoolchildren”.
Out of 23 sessions of the State Duma, the first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova missed 15 meetings, the hero-polar explorer Artur Chilingarov could not attend 16 meetings, the former head of the Duma Defense Committee Viktor Zavarzin missed 19 meetings and a representative from Karachay -Czech Republic of Jasharbek Uzdenov could not attend any meeting.
In addition, just over half of the meetings (13 out of 23 each) were attended by two other members of United Russia: Vice-Speaker Irina Yarovaya and Vitaly Milonov.
At a meeting without good reason, they will have to pay a fine of one-ninth of their monthly salary.
However, a source from the State Duma told Kommersant that these deputies were missing for legitimate reasons. So Milonov had “coronavirus symptoms,” Zavarzin is being treated in the hospital, Udenov is ill, Yarovaya agreed to leave “for good reason,” and senior MPs Tereshkova and Chilingarov were advised to minimize attendance at the conference. room due to coronavirus.