MOSCOW, June 09. /ITAR-TASS/. A list of president-appointed candidates who will join the Federation Council upper chamber of Russian parliament on recommendation from the Russian president is being prepared but the candidates are not being named, Russian president’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Izvestia daily on Monday.
Kremlin draws up a list of “presidential” candidates to the Russian Federation Council
The Federation Council has approved a constitutional amendment that allows the head of state to appoint up to 10% of the total number of senators
Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov
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