The head of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets, will leave his post – RBC

The head of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets, will leave his post – RBC

The Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets Natalia Burykina

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Chairman of the Committee on Financial Markets Natalia Burykina leaving his post. She stated RBC Friday. “I have to take care of your health. In general, I’m on the committee, “- said Burykina.

Conflict care

Burykina decided due to several reasons, explains the source close to the leadership of the Duma . She developed an uneasy relationship with the leadership of the United Russia faction, and with the leadership of the Central Bank, he said. In addition, she was a founding member of the audit company “Unicon”. Burykina sits in the State Duma for 12 years. Before that, she worked in business. Therefore, at the head of the committee in Burykina may arise a conflict of interest involves the source of RBC. According to him, yet remain Burykina ordinary deputy of the State Duma.

«When a faction sees a conflict of interest, it shall take such decisions”, – said the source RBK.

Source RBC, close to the Central Bank, says that care Burykina may be associated with the implementation of anti-crisis plan. This was confirmed by a source close to the government. “If the economic situation has deteriorated, the presidential administration and the government needs to be a platform for rapid decision-making, the rapid passage of documents in the State Duma, – says the source RBC, close to the Central Bank. – A Burykina unpredictable, uncompromising and often hampered the promotion of bills. ” Another reason for the resignation Burykina as said a source close to the government, could be a disagreement with the head of the committee of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina, which worsened again, in connection with the implementation of anti-crisis plan.

Care Burykina from the post – completion of a long process, said RBC source in United Russia faction. Burykina claims to the Central Bank, in most cases were substantiated, but she could not become the arbiter for all sides of the legislative process, sometimes guided by the interests of its business segments, explained. When the leadership of the faction told her about it, she said of the desire to resign as chairman of the committee, the source added.

Changer – Nicholas Potter

The Presidium of the faction “United Russia” approved the request of Burykina to dismiss on Friday night. At the meeting on Friday was released the official version Burykina care – for health, said RBC his party. But those present began to ask questions, and then they were told that Burykina “found work outside the Duma,” he added.

The new chairman of the Duma Committee on Financial Markets, will become a member of the Committee on Budget and Taxes Nikolai Gonchar. As head of the United Russia party committee considered several options, but the greatest chance at the deputy Gonchar, said the source close to the leadership of the Duma. His candidacy was approved by the Bureau, the issue will be submitted to the next meeting of the Duma Council, in order to at the first meeting after padaty he was considered, said the chairman of United Russia faction Vladimir Vasiliev. Speaking of professionalism Gonchar, he noted that he had already headed the committee on the budget. He is a professional high level and very experienced politician, confirms the source of RBC, close to the leadership of the House.

Finally, these solutions will be approved by the State Duma on March 16, said the source in the RBC fraction.

According to the source close to the Central Bank, it is possible to trace a connection between the arrival of the post of head of the State Duma finkomiteta Gonchar and personnel changes in the Central Bank. “Alexander Torshin [this year was appointed deputy chairman of the Central Bank in the interaction with the authorities] Nekby [in this he was appointed first deputy chairman of the Central Bank's monetary policy], Nikolai Gonchar – people from the old Moscow party. It is possible that their appointments should head of the economic bloc in the presidential administration Andrei Belousov, “- said the source.

Burykina left the civil service 15 years ago – in 2000, she headed the unit of the Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes, and three years later became a part of his being elected to parliament on the list of “United Russia”. The last time she went to the State Duma of the Kaliningrad region. Primaries “United Russia” it took only 23 out of 53, but she succumbed to her place local protege “Support of Russia”. In the Duma of the VI convocation place of the head of the Committee on Financial Markets Vladislav Reznik she conceded.

Potter – one of the elders of the Russian parliament. Back in 1991, he became chairman of the Moscow City Council, and in 1993 was elected to the Council of Federation of Moscow, in the State Duma in 1995. For many years he was considered one of the main opponents of the Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, in 1997 at the Moscow City Duma elections, he headed the election bloc own behalf and entered into an alliance with the democrats of the first wave. In 2003, there were rumors that Gonchar will nominate a candidate in the mayoral election in Moscow and will be supported by the liberals of the “Union of Right Forces”, but as a result of policies of participation in the race is not accepted. Thrice elected to the Duma as a non-partisan, eventually Potter entered the “United Russia”, which was held by the Parliament in 2011, and two years later headed its Moscow organization.