Journalist, moderator of the WEF plenary session Sergei Brilev asked the president if he would feel sorry for “letting Shoigu and Lavrov go to the State Duma”.
"It's a pity.
They are in their place, they work well, ”Putin replied.
He added that, ultimately, they themselves must make this decision.
Lavrov and Shoigu go to the autumn elections to the State Duma in the top five from the United Russia party.
In mid-June, the secretary of the general council of the United Russia party, Andrei Turchak, presented the federal part of the list of candidates for the elections to the State Duma in September.
The top five included Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Anna Kuznetsova, Co-Chair of the Central Headquarters of the All-Russian Popular Front (ONF) Elena Shmeleva and Chief Physician of City Clinical Hospital No. 40 in Moscow Kommunarka Denis Protsenko ...