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Articles with tag "Federation Council"

EU Lawmakers Walk Out During Matviyenko’s Address in Geneva

Valentina Matviyenko, who is under EU and Swiss sanctions, arrived in Switzerland on Sunday to attend the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

Russian Senator Proposes $25Bln Budget Cuts to Fund War Effort

Military and security expenses already account for 40% of the national budget, the highest defense spending share since the Soviet era.
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Russia’s Senate Speaker Expects Ukraine Talks in 2025

Federation Council speaker Valentina Matviyenko said negotiations needed to be free of “one-day half-measures” and “agreements of an unclear status...
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Russian Senator Gifts Aircraft Rocket to City District

“May you develop as swiftly as this rocket. May you always hit your targets like this rocket,” Senator Sergei Muratov told a local community gathering...
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Russian Lawmaker Calls for Ban on Halloween in Schools

“We need to do everything to ensure that this Western holiday is simply forgotten by the public and never again remembered,” Senator Natalia Kosikhina...
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Putin Ally Matviyenko Re-Elected as Russia’s Upper House Speaker

Valentina Matviyenko has held the role of Federation Council speaker since 2011, following her tenure as governor of St. Petersburg from 2003.
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Russian Lawmaker Charged With Ordering Killing of Business Partner

Authorities said that Senator Dmitry Savelyev “instructed his friend to organize the murder of a businessman” in August 2023.
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