The Duma and the Federation Council will reduce the number of employees by 15-20%, Duma assistants to deputies have been sent for certification, during which the knowledge of the constitution is checked in particular, sources told RBC. The reduction is carried out in accordance with President Vladimir Putin's 2024 order to reduce the number of state employees. Two sources in the State Duma reported that they would cut about 15% of the staff, three other interlocutors gave a range between 15 and 20%. According to them, the downsizing is carried out gently - unfilled vacancies are eliminated first. The deputy assistants, as RBC's interlocutors reported, were required to pass certification - a computer test, the questions in which are not too difficult. The test questions also concern knowledge of the Basic Laws and the activities of the State Duma, said one of the deputies.

The Duma and the Federation Council will reduce the number of employees by 15-20%, Duma assistants to deputies have been sent for certification, during which the knowledge of the constitution is checked in particular, sources told RBC. The reduction is carried out in accordance with President Vladimir Putin's 2024 order to reduce the number of state employees. Two sources in the State Duma reported that they would cut about 15% of the staff, three other interlocutors gave a range between 15 and 20%. According to them, the downsizing is carried out gently - unfilled vacancies are eliminated first. The deputy assistants, as RBC's interlocutors reported, were required to pass certification - a computer test, the questions in which are not too difficult. The test questions also concern knowledge of the Basic Laws and the activities of the State Duma, said one of the deputies.