Ivan Rybkin, a former negotiator with the Chechens who is influential in the lower house of Russia's parliament, argues that the Kremlin should pay the Chechen statelet the money promised last May and win some leverage over it.
It must also be approved by Russia's upper house, the Federation Council of Russia.
START-2, has been blocked by the Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament.
It is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia.
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The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, adopted the bill on its third reading, the state-run RAPSI news agency reported.
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In Russia, where the lower house of parliament gave final approval to a measure to extend the presidential term to six years, from four, Moscow's RTS index was up 2.8%, led by Gazprom, up 5.6%.
It was passed by the Duma - Russia's lower house - in a first reading on Tuesday.
The mission to check on the American detainees was proposed earlier this month by Vladimir Ryzhkov, deputy speaker of the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament.
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Previously, Ms. Gottemoeller served as Deputy Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London from 1994 to 1997 and as the National Security Council Director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Affairs at the White House from 1993 to 1994.
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The White House pushed for the ability to store some excess warheads, over Russia's objections, in order to protect the United States' ability to respond to any global emergencies.
In Russia, the State Duma (lower house of parliament) features a spoof draft law submitted by deputy Sergei Ivanov, in which he proposes banning the consumption of garlic - popular among Russians - in public places.
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Boris Berezovsky, another magnate currently living abroad for fear of arrest at home, has donated generously to the Sakharov House in Moscow, one of the few groups trying to help Russia come to terms with its totalitarian past.
It was the second public outing for the normally camera-shy al-Assad family in less than a week, after months out of the limelight: Asma al-Assad was spotted at a "Mother's Rally" at the Damascus Opera House last weekend, scotching rumors she had fled the country for Russia, the UK or Jordan.
Jon Kyl, who served as co-chairman of the Cienfuegos Task Force in the House and subsequently urged that U.S. aid to Russia be reduced by whatever amount Moscow invested in the Cuban nuclear facility.
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Another intercepted message shows the director of Russia's intelligence service, SVR, displaying an alarming interest in the house in which the conspirators live.
Does the White House see any sign in this that Russia is disengaging from Assad?
While the White House continues to restrict access our abundant supply of domestic hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico, Russia is venturing full speed ahead to unlock new opportunities in other resource-rich waters.
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Elections to Russia's lower house of parliament - the Duma - are scheduled for December 2011.
Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, endorsed Sergei Kiriyenko , a nominee of President Boris Yeltsin, as prime minister.
He has pledged not even to name his new government until his nomination is ratified by Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden, D-Delaware, admonished the White House on the Senate floor Wednesday, saying the move would cause an arms buildup not just in Russia but also in Pakistan and India, increasing tensions in southern Asia.
Although he was born in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, Patarkatsishvili made much of his wealth in Russia and at one time owned major Russian publishing house Kommersant, best known for its business newspaper of the same name.
Do these views from Russia and China, do these views count for the White House?
However, Mr Ignatiev did not refer to the subject when he testified in front of Russia's upper house of parliament on Wednesday.
To many outsiders, the sight of a Bush in the White House (during an economic slowdown) scrapping with Russia and China over spies and missiles looks like a reversion to cold-war hawkishness, with America confronting communist (or ex-communist) rivals and being prepared to ditch multilateral accords if it wants to.
Their visit comes at a particularly delicate time, scarcely a month after the breakdown of the planned six-party talks (with U.S., China, Russia, Japan, North Korea and South Korea) that the White House insists is the proper venue for resolving the nuclear standoff.
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Anvar Batalov, a member of the lower house, says that Kazakhs do not want to be influenced by Russia, which is due to hold elections in the summer of 2000.
Desmorphine, a synthetic with similar effects of heroin made from house-held chemicals like codeine (available over the counter in Russia), iodine, lighter fluid, gasoline, and industrial cleaning oil, is street-named Krokodil for the way it literally devours its users (like the mean crocodile).
United Russia's chances in December's election for the Duma, the lower house of parliament, are less clear.
Ms. MARTHA BRILL ALCOTT (Analyst, Carnegie Endowment): By entertaining Aliyev, the White House is showing their critic that we're not too dependent on Russia, that we are courting somebody like Aliyev.
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