This week the activity of Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov has been widely discussed in press.

Speaker of Russian Federation Council Sergey Mironov opposed sending of the Russian peacekeepers to Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, it is a problem of the two sides, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In an interview with Echo of Moscow Mironov said that the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents hold meetings with the participation of RF President Dmitry Medvedev. He expressed hope that this format will continue.

Sergei Mironov, speaker of the Federation Council, had arrived today to Kabardino-Balkaria where he met with the republic's leadership, state functionaries and public representatives. During the meeting they discussed problems of the North Caucasus economy, in particular, those of distant pastures.

This week the activity of Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov has been widely discussed in press.

The speaker of the Russian Federation Council Sergei Mironov thinks that “Gazprom” has taken a too strict position as regards Belarus. According to RIA “Novosti”, Mironov said that it was unduly when an economic unit had too much influence on political issues.

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."

This week the activity of Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov has been widely discussed in press.

A senior Russian parliament official has expressed opposition to unilateral sanctions against Iran after EU members made a decision to unilaterally impose additional embargos on Tehran. Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Sergei Mironov told the weekly Novy Vzglyad that Russia is opposed to unilateral sanctions against Iran and those firms and countries working in collaboration with the country, IRNA reported.

The Russian Federation Council upper chamber and the parliament of the South American Common Market (MERCOSUR) signed a cooperation agreement. The document was signed on Monday by interim speaker of the MERCOSUR parliament Jose Juan Bautista Pampuro and speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov.

This week the activity of Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov has been widely discussed in press.

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.

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."

This week the activity of Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov has been widely discussed in press.

The sixth Women's Culture Week as well as the fourth Women Forum between China and Russia kicked off here on Friday. Speaker of the Russian Federal Council, or the upper house of the parliament, Sergei Mironov extended his warm welcome to the inauguration of the event themed "Women and Economy." Calling the strategic partnership of cooperation with China one of the top priorities for Russia in its foreign affairs, Mironov said the long-time collaboration between Russian and Chinese women has made great contribution to the deepening of mutual friendship and understanding.

“Russia does not recognize any state named Nagorno-Karabakh and is not going to recognize it,” stated Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Sergey Mironov yesterday in Moscow. According to “APA” agency, Mironov made this statement during his meeting with the Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Mejlis, Oktay Asadov.

Speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov has rebuked the idea of postponing the date of the State Duma election from 2011 until March 2012.

This week the activity of Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov has been widely discussed in press.

Now that the Russian Duma has approved the Day of the Baptism of Rus’ as a public holiday, leaders of Russia’s Islamic and Buddhist communities say they want their faiths to be recognized in the same way, yet another example of the way in which Moscow’s efforts to use Orthodoxy to unite the country in fact is dividing them. After the Federation Council voted, Amir Gallyamov, the senator from the Amur oblast, proposed creating another holiday for the Day of the Adoption of Islam, and Buddhists, especially in Kalmykia, suggested that they should have a similar public holiday for their faith. If that happens, these would be the 10th and 11th such holidays. Federation Council Speaker Sergey Mironov agreed, saying that it would only be fair to take such a step.

The Russian parliament will set up an environment award to encourage development of technology by young scientists to limit consequences of environmental disasters, Sergei Mironov, chairman of the Federation Council told visiting Xinhua News Agency President Li Congjun Tuesday.

The footage, shot last week in Russia's Duma, the 450-member lower house of parliament, showed three MPs frantically running from empty seat to seat in order to vote for fellow deputies who were playing truant after lunch. "You cannot call a situation where MPs run all round the chamber pushing buttons for absent colleagues anything other than a disgrace," said Sergei Mironov, leader of the Kremlin-friendly Just Russia party.