(ANSA) - MOSCOW, JUN 19 - Vladimir Putin suggested including in the federal part of the list of candidates of his United Russia party in the parliamentary elections in September the Defense Minister Serghiei Shoigu, the Foreign Minister Serghiei Lavrov, the medical director of the Kommunarka hospital Denis Protsenko , the commissioner for children's rights AnnaKuznetsova and the co-president of the Popular Front YelenaShmelyova: the Interfax agency reports, specifying that the Russian president did not mention the secretary of United Russia, former prime minister and former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev presenting his idea at first five people to be included on the federal list of candidates for the Duma elections.
Medvedev, now vice president of the Russian Security Council, said the advanced names were proposed together by him and Putin. "I believe - Putin said during the United Russia congress - that the top five" candidates "should include both people who have been involved in politics for a long time, the so-called political heavyweights, and people who are relatively new to politics. (HANDLE).
