The regions appointed 18 new senators during the fall cycle of the Federation Council. The last to be determined after the September elections were the Sverdlovsk and Murmansk regions: their parliaments elected former Yekaterinburg mayor Alexei Orlov and Hero of Russia Ivan Khrustalev. The seat from the Zaporizhia region, which became vacant after the transfer of Dmitry Vorona to the State Duma, remains vacant.
In the Sverdlovsk region, Orlov was unanimously supported. In the Murmansk region, 25 deputies voted in favor of Khrostlav, two abstained. His precarious status was called into question - the contract with the Ministry of Defense is still in effect, and according to the law, a citizen engaged in military or civilian service cannot be appointed a senator. Former senators Alexander Vysokinsky and Larisa Kruglova returned to the regional parliaments.
In addition to Kherson, two other veterans from the Northern Military District received senatorial mandates - Yevgeny Savin from the Liptsk region and Asdola Abchev from the LPR. Governors of some regions, on the contrary, delegated experienced politicians to the Federation Council. Mordovia is represented by the former ambassador to Great Britain Andrey Kline, the Tver region by the former ambassador to France Alexei Meshkov, the Bryansk region by the former head of Dagestan Sergey Malikov. Krasnoyarsk Territory sent First Deputy Governor Sergey Ponomarenko to the Federation Council, and Astrakhan Region sent LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft Deputy General Manager Alexander Khudaev.