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Article: Duma Rebels on Central Bank Legislation, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
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- The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2002
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In the face of government and Central Bank opposition, the State Duma
passed
controversial amendments to the law on the Central Bank in the crucial
second reading in a landslide vote Friday.
"The government will raise the issue of returning [the amendments]
to
the second reading," Interfax quoted Deputy Prime Minister and Finance
Minister Alexei Kudrin as saying after the Duma session.
The government objected to amendments that would create a 13-member
National Banking Council with the right to approve the Central Bank'
s annual
financial statements and accounting rules. The government has been
pushing
for a 12-member council with supervisory powers.
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