Oleksii Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, advised Valentina Matviyenko, the head of Federation Council of Russia [lower chamber of the Russian Parliament] ...

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MINSK, 1 July (BelTA) – Thanks to the Union State Russia and Belarus have become twice as strong, Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matviyenko said on ...

The next Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia will take place in Russia’s Smolensk Oblast in 2028, Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matviyenko said.

A powerful political figure in Moscow is demanding that the younger generation accomplish a massive array of life goals ...

Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matviyenko, arrived in Switzerland yesterday, July 27. She should be on trial, states spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign ...

In principle nothing is impossible in Russian politics. President Putin is perfectly capable of nominating possibly not his Labrador Connie, but certainly Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko as guardian of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko have held talks with leaders of three Central Asian states as the West ...

Valentina Matviyenko, outgoing governor of St. Petersburg (2003-2011) is the archetypal Putin-era government apparachik. Loyal and disciplined, she rarely flinched from doing the Kremlin’s dirtiest ...