State councilor calls for legislative co-op with Russia

Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhou Yongkang called for more cooperation between China and Russia when meeting top Russian officials here on Tuesday.

President hoped to meet unification plans with understanding

Speaker of the Federation Council and leader of the Party of Life Sergei Mironov declared on Tuesday that "no consultations had been held either with the Kremlin administration or the president himself about the planned unification of the Rodina party and the Russian Party of Life."

Mironov criticizes United Russia

Russian Party of Life leader and Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov has criticized the United Russia party.

Russia's Life, Rodina parties vow to merge for election battle

Two political parties in Russia said Tuesday they would unite to fight regional and parliamentary elections in the next two years.

Kazakhstan’s participation in G8 Summit reasonable: Mironov

S. Mironov gave a short comment on participation of Kazakh President in the summit of the Group of Eight. Nursultan Nazarbayev is invited to the forum of G8 as a chairman of the largest organization – Commonwealth of Independent States. CIS has already existed for 15 years and for this time the Commonwealth implemented important historical mission of promotion of the civilized formation of sovereign states. Thus it is right and reasonably that chairmanship in CIS passed to Kazakhstan.

Russian parliamentarians hail killing of terrorist Basayev

Members of Russia's parliament hailed Monday news that the country's terrorist No.1 Shamil Basayev had been killed in an operation in the south of the country.

N. Korean missile launches complicate negotiations - Russian Federation Council speaker

The recent series of launches of ballistic missiles by North Korea complicates the negotiations aimed at the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov has said.

Spain Senate speaker thanks RF for support over Valencia tragedy

Speaker of Spain’s Senate Francisco Javier Rojo Garcia thanked Russia “for solidarity and support expressed by the Russians on all levels” over the tragic events in Valencia.