Ruling party nominates Kremlin chief as Duma speaker

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's ruling United Russia party, whose majority was reduced in this month's parliamentary election, on Saturday backed Kremlin chief of staff Sergei Naryshkin to become speaker of the State Duma (lower house), the party said.

Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/17/uk-russia-speaker-idUKTRE7BG0HU20111217?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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