Nikolai Bulayev, a representative of the Ryazan Regional legislative body in the Federation Council, current members of the Central Electoral Commission Maya Grishina (left to right), Siyabshakh Shapiyev, Anton Lopatin (right to left) and Alexander Klyukin, Head of the Political Projects Department of the Center of Political Projects and Communications, center, appointed members of the Central Electoral Commission by the Federation Council. Powers of the current Central Electoral Commission members expire on March 27, 2016. According to the law, five members out of fifteen are appointed by the President, while five are appointed by the Federation Council and five by the State Duma.