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Article: GOVERNOR SAYS FEDERATION COUNCIL, STATE COUNCIL NO LONGER NEEDED
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- Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
- Article date:
- May 16, 2004
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In an interview with utro.ru on 13 May, Samara Oblast Governor
Konstantin Titov said that he believes that the State Council and
Federation Council have outlived their usefulness. He noted that the
State Duma's party of power already has a 300-plus majority, leaving
the Federation Council little to do besides appoint judges and
prosecutors and declare war. "When it was created, the State Council
was -- and I understood this -- a 'shelter' for governors," he said.
The governors had once served as senators but under the new rules of
formation for the Federation Council, they had to appoint
representatives instead. Titov concluded that it is not necessary to
return Russia ...