All news

Upper house approves constitutional amendments on president-appointed 17 senators

Prominent public figures, former prime ministers, ministers and lawmakers can be named as “presidential” senators
Russia's Federation Council ITAR-TASS/Anton Novoderezhkin
Russia's Federation Council
© ITAR-TASS/Anton Novoderezhkin

MOSCOW, May 28. /ITAR-TASS/. The Federation Council upper house of parliament has approved amendments in the country’s Constitution permitting the president to issue a decree appointing up to ten percent of all members of the upper house.