The chairman of the regional Duma left.
Alexei Antonov resigned as a deputy in the Saratov Regional Duma. This was reported by the official TG channel of the Legislative Assembly.
Since Antonov was the chairman of the regional Duma, he will automatically lose this position. The execution of the Speaker's powers will be entrusted to the Deputy Chairman of the Regional Duma, the Chairman of the Social Policy Committee Roman Gribov.
Officially, Antonov's resignation from the powers of parliament and ombudsman must be voted on by the regional Duma, which must also grant Gribov or someone else (the latter unlikely) worker status. Chairman of the Legislative Assembly.
By the way, the elections for a new assembly of the Regional Duma are supposed to take place in less than a year, that is, in September 2027.