SERGEI MIRONOV. PUBLICATION DIGEST. June 7-13, 2010

A panel of experts on the Arctic created under the chairmanship of the Federation Council will develop legislative proposals concerning the development of the Arctic region. The first meeting of Council was held on Friday. The Speaker of the Upper-House, Sergei Mironov, said that Russia was lagging behind in the formation of legislation on the Russian Arctic. Mr. Mironov said; “To date there is no law that would provide the legal basis for the development of this strategically important region of Russia."

Moscow has been active in forging relationships with Russian-speaking expat communities in Latin America. Cementing Russia’s ties with compatriots will prove an important part of the visit that the speaker of the Russian Parliament’s upper house Sergei Mironov will pay to Argentina and Uruguay from the 12th through the 17th of this month.