Valery Ryazansky: “Health resort industry should be an integral part of healthcare”
Tribuna’s guest is the Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy
Valentina Matviyenko
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Senators are saving Kislovodsk Park
Valery Ryazansky: “We must discourage all those who decided to profit from this rich natural and national heritage”
Russia celebrates Knowledge Day
More than 22 million Russian pupils and students are marking Knowledge Day. This year about 5 million students will study in universities, 2.8 million students will study in colleges and technical schools. A total of 14.1 million pupils will go …
Kosachev: use of unilateral sanctions must be condemned
It is necessary to discuss the introduction of unilateral sanctions and the transfer of international events to countries that do not support them at the next session of the UN General Assembly. That is how the Chairman of the Federation Council …
Why has the US exacerbated the visa scandal?
A delegation of Russia's Federation Council with a full complement has cancelled its visit to the United States: the host country has decided to issue a limited visa to the Speaker of the upper house of parliament, Valentina …
Valery Ryazansky: Without our help, Crimea couldn't adapt to the new conditions
The chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy is a guest of the Tribuna program
Matviyenko: retirement age won't rise until 2020
There won't be an increase in the retirement age in Russia until 2020, the speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, said. "I think if such a decision is adopted, it won't happen before 2020. It should be a planned, gradual, slow process," Gazeta.ru cited her as saying.
Matvienko says there is no dominance of dollar millionaires in Federation Council
There are only a few senators at the Federation Council who can be considered as dollar millionaires. Anyone who did not want to be under the legal restrictions has left the upper house of the parliament themselves, the Public Chairman of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, said.
Matvienko plans to spend vacation in Crimea
The speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, plans to spend a vacation in the Crimea. "I want to travel to the Crimea, they have invited me to Sevastopol for a long time. also I want to travel to the
Matviyenko: we do not need handouts and favors from PACE
Russia does not need any handouts and favors from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko said.
Valentina Matviyenko: ''The situation in Armenia is certainly disturbing us’’
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko commented during a press briefing on the events currently taking place in Armenia. The Russian politician expressed her hope that the Armenian authorities will cope with the crisis. …
Valentina Matviyenko: Russia will impose appropriate sanctions
The Chairwoman of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, said in an interview that in imposing counter-sanctions Russia will take into account the positions of Hungary, Cyprus and Greece, which protest against the EU’s sanctions …
Valentina Matviyenko: “Russian countersanctions will consider interests of friendly countries”
The Chairwoman of the Federation Council on the most topical foreign political issues
Matviyenko: we hope that situation in Armenia will be resolved peacefully
The chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia, Valentina Matviyenko, hopes that the current situation in Armenia will be resolved peacefully.
Matviyenko: Russia needs to support Hungary, Greece and Cyprus when introducing counter-sanctions
Moscow will introduce measures in response to the EU's extension of sanctions, but it must take into account the position of countries which oppose these sanctions, such as Greece, Hungary and Cyprus, the speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, said.
First BRICS parliamentary forum to be held in Moscow
The first parliamentary forum of BRICS is opening in Moscow on Monday. It will bring together more than 100 participants - heads and members of BRICS top legislative bodies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, who may start the establishment of the BRICS Parliamentary Assembly.
Sergey Katanandov: “The Russian parliament understands importance of the North Caucasus resorts’ development”
The senator speaks about of a draft of the federal law ‘On the specially protected eco-resort region of the Russian Federation of Caucasian Mineral Waters’
Russian lawmaker says government will protect environment of Kavkazskiye Mineralniye Vody
Sergey Katanandov, deputy head of Russia's Federation Council Committee for Federal System, Regional Policy, Local Self-Governance and the North, a senator from Karelia, has described the bill on special protection of Kavkazskiye Mineralniye Vody.
Matvienko says raising of retirement age is inevitable
The issue of retirement is inevitable, the speaker of the Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, wrote in her column in the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily."The problem of the retirement age is not a contrived issue, it's real. Not a single country facing similar demographic problems has managed to evade it," RIA Novosti cited her as saying.
Russian and Azerbaijani parliaments outline cooperation program for 2016
Valekh Aleskerov, deputy head of the Azerbaijani parliament, said that members of Russia's Federation Council and the Azerbaijani had held the 13th session of the interparliamentary cooperation committee, outlined the cooperation program for 2016 and discussed a set of problems. The lawmaker noted that the cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan as equal partners was progressing well in all sectors.
