Penza, 4 June 2015. PenzaNews. The State Duma deputy Vladimir Simagin from the Penza region, a member of the CPRF faction, noticed that the agenda of the regional Legislative Assembly no longer includes an issue on appointing a new member of the Federal Council for the fifth convocation, even though the issue was the second in the list as of May 29, 2015.

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“The Federal Council appointment disappeared from the agenda. Looks like personal ties did not help much,” he wrote in his Facebook, adding a link to the agenda on the official website.

PenzaNews agency currently has no official commentary from the Penza region Legislative Assembly members on the reasons behind the disappearance of the Federal Council member appointment from the June 10 session agenda.