Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu are among dozens of members of the ruling United Russia party who will not take up the mandates they won during recent parliamentary elections.
RFE/RL: Lavrov, Shoigu among dozens of United Russia party members to refuse mandates
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a meeting of foreign ministers, defence ministers and secretaries of security councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member states in Dushanbe on Sept. 15, 2021.
