President Vladimir Putin, by his decree, updated the federal part of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation (OPRF). The list includes forty public figures: along with veterans of the chamber, Dr. Leo Bokeria and singer Diana Gurtskaya, newcomers are also noticeable – writer Sergei Lukyanenko and pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who spent ten years in the United States. This is the eighth convocation of the OPRF, an advisory body that has been assembled since 2005. The appointment of the presidential quota is the beginning of the procedure for updating the OPRF, the new composition of which will include 172 people, including four representatives of the new regions. The expert believes that the current rotation indicates the desire of the authorities to “activate the life of this structure.”