He noted that for both parliamentarians the phrase "there is such a profession - to defend the Motherland" is not an empty phrase.
“Two more of our colleagues are ready to go to the NVO zone — Igor Kastyukevich, deputy head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma, and Viktor Bondarev, head of the Federation Council committee on defense and security,” Turchak wrote.
On September 23, Turchak announced that four State Duma deputies had expressed a desire to go to the NVO zone.