Penza, 4 December 2017. PenzaNews. Six delegates to the 17th congress of the United Russia party, which will take place in Moscow on December 22-23, were chosen at the 24th conference of the regional department of the United Russia faction held in the Penza M.Y. Lermontov regional library on Monday, December 4.

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"On the first day, December 22, it is planned to hold meetings at discussion platforms – there will be seven of them altogether. We are now preparing all materials related to the work of our regional office," the leader of the Penza department of the United Russia party, chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the region Valery Lidin said. He became one of the delegates to the upcoming congress because of the position he occupies.

He added that the member of the presidium of the United Russia regional political council Ivan Belozertsev had been invited to take part in the event as a head of the official delegation of the Penza region.

As a result of the conference, the delegates of United Russia primary departments from the village Poselki, Zarechny, Nizhny Lomov, the Pervomaisky area of Penza, Shemysheika, and Kuznetsk – Ekaterina Artamonova, Sergei Baskakov, Lubov Durina, Maxim Meshcheryakov, Elena Nikishina, and Larisa Sedova were selected to attend the congress.