the draft of a new anti-smoking legislation, Onishchenko said: "If our Duma would not accept the law that was introduced, I will raise the issue of its dissolution. As a voter, I have the right to say so." In response, member of the Duma from United Russia Andrey Makarov suggested "sending Mr. Onishchenko for a psychiatric examination." In July 2013, the head of Rospotrebnadzor announced a ban on the Ukrainian Roshen confectionery products to Russia. On July 29, Onishchenko said that the agency's suspicions were "justified", that the Roshen's products "did not correspond to the declared parameters", and there was also a complaint about the quality and safety of the goods. On 22 October 2013, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Olga Golodets, commenting on rumors about Onishchenko's resignation, said: "Gennady Onishchenko's term as head of Rospotrebnadzor has expired, so he is leaving this post. Deputy Head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova will be appointed the new head of the department." Later that day, Onishchenko refused to confirm information about his resignation, calling Golodets "a strange person" who "does not belong to the number of decision-makers." On the evening of October 23, Gennady Onishchenko was officially dismissed from his post as head of Rospotrebnadzor and appointed assistant to the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. The reason for the resignation of Onishchenko, according to one of the government officials, was the "problem of controlling him." Member of parliament On 22 May 2016, Onishchenko won United Russia's primaries in Tushino constituency No. 206 in Moscow. Two days later, the prime minister Dmitry Medvedev removed the reprimand imposed on Onishchenko in February "for violating the requirements of article 18 of the Law on the state civil service." When submitting the declaration, Onishchenko did not mention the residential building in Moscow Oblast. On 18 September 2016 he was elected member of the 7th State Duma He became first deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education and Science in the new Duma convocation. In July 2017, Onishchenko proposed to ban fidget spinners in Russia. In April 2018 he became one of the initiators of the bill "On measures of counteraction on unfriendly actions of the USA and (or) other foreign states" in the article 2 of which it was proposed to ban or restrict the import of drugs produced in the United States or other foreign countries. The project law was criticized by a number of