Former mayor of Yekaterinburg Orlov was elected a senator to the Federation Council.
The deputies of the legislative assembly of the Sverdlovsk region elected the former mayor of Yekaterinburg Alexei Orlov as a senator of the Federation Council, as follows from the broadcast of the meeting.
44 delegates out of the 44 present voted in favor of his candidacy. Orlov will replace Alexander Vysokinsky, who has been in office since 2021, and will represent the parliament in the Federation Council for five years.
"I have been working in the Sverdlovsk region for almost 15 years, I worked in the government for a long time. The experience will allow us to adequately represent the Legislative Assembly in the Upper House," Orlov said before the secret ballot.
Earlier, the City Duma accepted his early resignation. The mayor's office clarified that he resigned from the position of mayor of Yekaterinburg due to his inability to combine the duties of mayor with the status of deputy. Orlov serves as mayor from February 2021 and will be re-elected in 2026.