The Public Chamber on November 24 met in Moscow and approved 42 members as representatives on nongovernmental organizations. The chamber approved 25 former members for additional terms, including singer Alla Pugachyova, sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, Norilsk Nickel magnate Vladimir Potanin, lawyer Genri Reznik, and pro-Kremlin journalists and analysts Nikolai Svandize, Vyacheslav Nikonov, Andranik Migranyan, and Aleksei Chadayev. Among the 17 newcomers are Nashi ideologist Boris Yakemenko and acting Russian Academy of Sciences Vice President Mikhail Kovalchuk. Other newcomers include "Komsomolskaya pravda" Editor in Chief Vladimir Sungorkin, Duma Deputy Pytor Shchelishch (Unified Russia), and Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Vice President Igor Yurgens. The Public Chamber will select another 42 members at a session scheduled for December 21-22, and the new chamber will hold its first session on February 1. The current members of the Public Chamber are expected to issue their final report on the state of civil society in Russia by the end of December.