The Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, also informally called Speaker, is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Russian parliament. It is t
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Chairman Yegor Stroyev (left) with Chairman of the State Duma Gennadiy Seleznyov behind President Vladimir Putin at the 2000 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.
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The Federation Council, fully the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and informally the Senate, is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, with the lower house bein
Chairman of the Federation Council (Russia)
…Председатель Совета Федерации Федерального собрания Российской Федерации), also informally called Speaker (спикер), is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Russian parliament. It is the third highest position, after the President and the Prime Minister, in the government of Russia. In the case of…
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Federation Council Building in 2017
President Vladimir Putin before the Federation Council. May 21, 2002.
President Boris Yeltsin was instrumental in the creation of the Federation Council in 1993.