Russia’s Communist Party re-elected Gennady Zyuganov

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MOSCOW, 26 April, 2021 (TON): On Saturday, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation unanimously re-elected Gennady Zyuganov.

Zyuganov got re-elected during party’s 18th national congress.

The number of first deputy chairmen has been raised to two.

Ivan Melnikov retains this post and Yuri Afonin, who was previously deputy chairman, has been promoted to first deputy chairman.

The deputy chairmen of the party's central committee now include the first deputies Melnikov and Afonin, Vladimir Kashin, Dmitry Novikov, and Leonid Kalashnikov.

However, for the next four years, the congress has decided to increase the number of central committee members to 188.

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