MOSCOW, September 27 - RAPSI. A lower house commission has taken the matter of United Russia deputy Alexei Knyshov to law enforcement authorities for further investigation, Knyshov told journalists on Thursday.

The subject in question is a Slovakian company that he co-founded.

The A Just Russia party supplied the commission with documents which indicated that Knyshov was involved in the company's management.

“Allegedly, I was the general director. I was not the general director of that company,” he said.

According to legislation, lawmakers are not permitted to be involved in business activity.

Earlier, A Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov filed an inquiry with State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin to look into whether a number of United Russia deputies remain involved in business.

Head of the United Russia faction Andrey Vorobyov said the inquiry was meritless, and that there is no evidence that the law has been violated. He added that the State Duma does not hold special campaigns to strip certain state lawmakers of their political power, and that the law applies to everyone equally.

Last week, the commission considered the cases of Ivan Demchenko, Vladislav Reznik, Oleg Lebedev, Adam Delimkhanov, and Skoch whom the oppositionist Yabloko party accused of involvement in business activity. State Duma vice speakers Sergei Zheleznyak and Igor Lebedev filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Duma speaker which initiated an investigation into Anatoli Lokot's actions. Lokot refuted accusations of being involved in business activity and did not rule out the possibility that he might respond with a defamation lawsuit.

Earlier, the State Duma stripped A Just Russia party member Gennady Gudkov of his political power after the investigative authorities accused him of engaging in business activity.