“This, of course, is the right of any member of the Council to either participate or refuse to participate in the work of the Council. You should not exaggerate the value, you can only express regret that they refuse to continue to work as part of this important body, ”Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov quoted Interfax as saying.
He also emphasized that all changes in the composition of bodies are impossible without coordination with the head of state.
On October 21, Russian leader Vladimir Putin appointed Valery Fadeev, chairman of the HRC, and relieved Mikhail Fedotov of this post.
Evgeny Bobrov, Pavel Chikov, Ilya Shablinsky and Ekaterina Shulman were excluded from the council by presidential decree.
Later, a judge of the Constitutional Court, retired Tamara Morshchakova, said that she was also leaving the HRC.