Putin approved the composition of the Presidium of the State Council of Russia

The corresponding decree is published on the Internet portal of legal information.

According to the document, the State Council included the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, the governor of the Volgograd region Andrey Bocharov, the head of Kabardino-Balkaria Kazbek Kokov, the governor of the Sakhalin region Valery Limarenko, the governor of the Tver region Igor Rudenya, the governor of the Altai Territory Viktor Tomenko, the governor of Bashkiria Radiy Khabirov and area Vadim Shumkov.

Earlier, Putin announced the need to increase the role of governors in making decisions of federal significance, as well as to consolidate the role and status of the State Council in the Constitution.

As noted in the State Duma, the State Council after amending the Constitution will consider issues of foreign and domestic policy, and a separate law will be devoted to the organization of its activities.

The government emphasized that the State Council will become part of the executive branch.