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Matviyenko: US politicians gripped by 'sanctions craze'

Matviyenko: US politicians gripped by 'sanctions craze'

Russia's Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko commented on the Kremlin List published by the US Department of Treasury, which includes her as well. She believes that Washington had no reasons to release …

Russia's Suleiman Kerimov back in Nice

Russia's Suleiman Kerimov back in Nice

Russian businessman and lawmaker Suleiman Kerimov, under investigation for tax fraud in France, returned to Nice after making a short trip to Russia that was allowed by the French authorities, the Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel …

Russian senators sum up Caucasus agrarian results

Russian senators sum up Caucasus agrarian results

Russian senators, chairman and deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Agrifood Policy and Environmental Management, Mikhail Shchetinin and Irina Hecht, speaking with correspondents of Vestnik …

Russia to return to PACE

Russia to return to PACE

Russian will return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Russia's Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said. "We will return to PACE, we need this," she stressed. …

 Russia’s 2018 presidential election set for March 18

Russia’s 2018 presidential election set for March 18

Russia’s Federation Council has unanimously approved the chamber’s resolution setting the presidential election for March 18, 2018. Within the next five days (before December 20), the Federation Council’s resolution …

Russia's Federation Council approves budget for 2018-2020

Russia's Federation Council approves budget for 2018-2020

Russia's Federation Council passed the bill on federal budget for 2018 and the planned period of 2019-2020. According to the bill, Russia’s budget revenues will amount to 15.26 trillion rubles ($256 bln) in 2018, 15.55 …

Kremlin comments on senator's detention in France

Kremlin comments on senator's detention in France

Moscow will do its utmost to defend legal interests of Russian senator Suleiman Kerimov detained in France, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "The status of a senator and the fact that he …