NATIONAL KHURAL OF KALMIKIA STOPS POWERS OF SENATOR L. CHAKHMAKHCHYAN

Moscow, June 9. ArmInfo-RBC. The National Khural (Parliament) of
Kalmikia, recalled Senator Levon Chakhmakhchyan by majority of votes
(18 of 19), Kalmikia presidential press-service told RBC. National
Khural Chairman Alexander Dekolov set the issue for voting at the
request of Sergey Mironov, RF Council of Federation Speaker, on a
pre-schedule stoppage of Senator L. Chakhmakhchyan’s powers made on
June 3 2006. The Council of Federation will consider the pre- schedule
stoppage of the senator’s powers at the upcoming session on June 23
2006. L. Chakhmakhchyan headed the Party of Workers’
Self-Determination.

After the party’s self-dissolution in December 2005, L. Chakhmakhchyan
joined the Russian Life Party. He was expelled from the party on June
3 2006. To note, on June 2, L. Chakhmakhchyan was detained in the
course of a special operation of the Federal Security Service officers
for taking a bribe. The confiscated 300,000 dollars were marked with a
special substance, which allowed officers detaining the senator. The
special operation aimed to verify the information that officials take
bribes to remove facts from materials of the Clearing House of the
Russian Federation.