OREANDA-NEWS. July 7, 2011. Valery A. Ponomarev was appointed Kamchatka Legislative Assembly representative in the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly on April 24, 2011. Nominated by the United Russia party the new Senator's candidacy was supported unanimously by the deputies.

Summing up the session results, answering journalists' questions on the main task he set before himself as a Senator, Valery Ponomarev said that he would do his best to provide all the possible assistance and support to Kamchatka local authorities to create comfortable and attractive standards of living.

"I think that we are able to turn Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Kamchatka itself into attractive area for visitors and its inhabitants so that everyone feels comfortable there.  So it needs our professional approach to solve all these problems – the roads and housing as well as seismic stability. I think the problems are urgent and it's high time to solve them not in words but in deeds", said Valery Ponomarev.

Valery A. Ponomarev has been INTERPROMBANK’s shareholder since 1997.