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Dmitry Medvedev refuses deputy mandate

15 December 2011 16:22 (UTC +04:00)

Dmitry Medvedev won the mandate as leader of the list composed by â€œUnited Russiaâ€ Party on the basis of the parliamentary election held on December 4.

Head of Russian Presidential Administration Sergey Narishkin and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Jukov accepted the deputy mandate. Consequently they are considered as deputies of the State Duma. Emergency Minister Sergey Shoygu and Natural Reserves Minister Yuri Trutnev refused their mandates.

Ingush Head Yunusbek Yevkurov, South Ossetiaâ€™s Head Taymuraz Mamsurov, first deputies of the prime minister Igor Shuvalov and Victor Zubkov, Governor of Krasnodar oblast Aleksandr Tkachev, Governor of the Moscow region Boris Gromov, Kuzbassâ€™s Governor Aman Tuleyev, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, Director General of Hermitage museum Mikhail Piotrovski, actor Vladimir Mashkov are among those who refused the deputy mandate.