Alexander Karelin go? That said his spokesman

Konstantin kruglyansky, press Secretary of the Deputy and three-time Olympic champion Alexander Karelin, has denied rumors about his leaving from the state Duma.

Today, the RBC, citing a source reported that after the September elections Aleksandr Karelin will go to the Federation Council in place of the current representative of the Novosibirsk region Vladimir Laptev.

— Karelin — the acting Deputy, the powers he has until 2021, as it is, it is. In the framework of its powers it acts. All plans connected with its obligations with the current public service, stressed kruglyanskaya.