Article: Backgrounder: Russia's State Duma elections

Article: Federation Council may increase presidential term in 2008 - Chairman.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  June 6, 2007 ;     162 words ...Federation Council may increase presidential...Interfax) - The Russian Federation Council may initiate the...presidential term, Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov has said. The Federation Council may initiate such...concerns that the State Duma could ...

Article: Medvedev signs law extending powers of president and parliament and law on State Duma control over govt.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  December 30, 2008 ;     193 words ......parliament and law on State Duma control over govt MOSCOW...the president and the State Duma, the Kremlin reported...law was passed by the State Duma on November 21, 2008 and approved by the Federation Council on November 26, 2008...of six years and the State ...

Article: Kiriyenko Receives Support from Russian Federation Council
Xinhua English Newswire;  April 7, 1998 ;     187 words ......was approved by members of the Federation Council, or the upper house of parliament...meeting on Tuesday. Chairman of the Federation Council Yegor Stroyev told reporters after...regional leaders when he spoke to the Federation Council on April 2 and evaluated the country...be ...

Article: FEDERATION COUNCIL DEPUTIES MAY GAIN MORE JOB SECURITY.
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  December 9, 2002 ;     483 words ...Federation Council members have long been...law on the status of Federation Council deputies, which wasapproved by the State Duma in the first reading...would bar theremoval of Federation Council deputies during their...make Russia a "unitary state" and effect ...

Article: Federation Council Moves to Conciliation, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia);  July 11, 2000 ;     455 words ......the Kremlin and the State Duma over legislation that...commission. But Friday the Federation Council, which is comprised...journalists. Interfax quoted State Duma Deputy Valery Grebennikov...representatives from the Duma, Federation Council and the Kremlin, would...19. ...

Article: Russia's Federation Council passes resolution enforcing constitutional amendments.
Poland Business News;  December 22, 2008 ;     261 words ...Russia's Federation Council passes resolution...22 (Interfax) - The Federation Council on Monday passed a...president and the State Duma. The resolution says...respective legislation. Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov...directed to the head of state for ...

Article: Federation Council approves Russia's accession to UN agricultural organization.
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  February 8, 2006 ;     276 words ...Federation Council approves Russia's accession...MOSCOW. Feb 8 (Interfax) - The Federation Council has approved the charter of...was already approved by the State Duma at the end of January. While...of the Russian parliament, Federation Council International Affairs ...

Article: Federation Council passes Gazprom liberalization law (part 3).
Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire;  December 14, 2005 ;     352 words ......The Russian Federation Council at a meeting...abstentions. The State Duma passed these...so that if the State Duma were to quickly...amendments, the Federation Council could again consider...amendments in the State Duma was postponed...state In turn, ...

Article: RUSSIA-ENERGY-LAWS-FEDERATION-COUNCIL.
Energy News;  February 21, 2003 ;     191 words ...Federation Council may consider energy packet on...MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - The Federation Council may consider the packet of laws...sector, that has been passed by the State Duma, on February 26, Deputy Economic...He said that the voting in the Federation Council will ...

Article: GOVERNOR SAYS FEDERATION COUNCIL, STATE COUNCIL NO LONGER NEEDED
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  May 16, 2004 ;     213 words ......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...new rules of formation for the Federation ...

Article: VOA NEWS: RUSSIA'S STATE DUMA APPROVES USE OF ANTI-TERRORIST FORCES ABROAD
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 5, 2006 ;     148 words ......story: The Lower House of Russia's Parliament (the State Duma) has voted to give President Vladimir Putin the right...Putin sought authorization from the upper house (the Federation Council) for similar powers. Russia's Itar-Tass news agency quotes the State Duma Security Committee ...

Article: THE STATE DUMA HAS REFUSED TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION
A&G Information Services;  June 27, 2005 ;     79 words ...A&G Information Services 06-27-2005 THE STATE DUMA HAS REFUSED TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, Jun 27, 2005 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- The State Duma has declined the law project offering to change the Constitution, which suggested forming the Federation Council ...

Article: POLITICS THE STATE DUMA WILL NOT PREVENT ACTINGGOVERNORS FROM REELECTION FOR A THIRDTERM
A&G Information Services;  November 26, 2001 ;     99 words ...A&G Information Services 11-26-2001 POLITICS THE STATE DUMA WILL NOT PREVENT ACTINGGOVERNORS FROM REELECTION FOR A...RUSSIA, NOV 26, 2001 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- The State Duma again revised the law,reducing the number of governors...for a thirdterm, but failed to overcome the veto ofthe ...

Article: FEDERATION COUNCIL REJECTED THE AMENDMENTSTO THE LAW "ON MORTGAGE" REGARDING THEMORTGAGE OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS
A&G Information Services;  May 2, 2002 ;     66 words ...00-00-0000 FEDERATION COUNCIL REJECTED THE AMENDMENTSTO THE LAW ON MORTGAGE...2002 (A&G News via COMTEX) -- According to Federation Council, if theamendments of the State Duma are approved, the mortgage of state lands will...