(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-12-13 22:25

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has given up his lawmaker's mandate in the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with the Russian Chamber of Commerce leadership in the Kremlin in Moscow, December 11, 2007. [Xinhua]

"Vladimir Putin has given up his lawmaker's mandate to Sergei Kapkov, who was on United Russia's regional list and ran his election campaigned in the Magadan region and the Chukotka Autonomous Area," secretary of the CEC Sergei Konkin was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.