SERGEI MIRONOV. PUBLICATION DIGEST. July 19 - 25, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's proposed bill on toughening punishment for terrorists and their supporters has drawn flak from the rights activists and prominent lawmakers who have expressed fears that it might be applied to those who had no intention of aiding terrorism. Speaker of the Upper House Sergei Mironov was the only person to vote against the bill giving FSB, one of three successors of Soviet KGB, the right to issue warnings to individuals and organisations.

The Organizing Committee of the Baikal Economic Forum has held a meeting in Moscow, presided over by Sergei Mironov, speaker of the Russian Senate.  It was  announced at the end of the meeting that delegates  from over 70 countries will be taking part in the 6th session of the BEF, which will take place in Irkutsk from September 7th to10th.