A within-the-party split in Tomsk region parliament
When the issue was discussed in the Duma, a scandal broke out: the speaker opposing, the head of the faction and the deputy chairperson of the Duma in one, and another deputy chairperson of the Duma (both of them the party leaders) advocating. After the repeated exchange of emotional remarks, the slot machine issue faced voting, and it turned out that the faction leaders lost to the speaker. Three quarters of the deputies pushed “against” or “abstain” buttons. Following the much-talked-of Duma session, Governor Victor Cress, who is officially deemed to be “the main member of “Edinaya Rossia” in the region”, spoke on the issue of “party discipline violation”. Despite the “Edinaya Rossia” leaders` expectations, Governor supported Boris Maltsev, the speaker, and opposed the initiative of slot machine ban, informs the “Novaya Gazeta” reporter Andrey Sokolov.
the «Novaya Gazeta»