Russia\'s lower house of parliament on Wednesday voted in strongman Vladimir Putin\'s ally and former chief of Kremlin staff Sergei Naryshkin as its new speaker. A total of 238 parliament members supported his candidacy in the State Duma, where the ruling party obtained 238 out of 450 seats in December 4 parliamentary polls. The Duma\'s previous speaker Boris Gryzlov, quit the post earlier this month following the mass rallies protesting the election results.