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Russian Parliamentary Speaker to visit China this fall
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 15 (ANI): The speaker of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, Valentina Matviyenko said on Friday that she is planning to visit China this fall to participate in the next session of the Russian-Chinese inter-parliamentary cooperation commission.
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Russian official says military personnel of NATO states are among prisoner
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Military personnel of NATO countries were captured during Russia's special operation in Ukraine, Andrey Klimov, the head of the Russian upper chamber's commission for the protection of state sovereignty, said on Friday.
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Russia may freeze assets of foreign companies leaving its market: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Assets of foreign companies that are suspending or terminating their services in Russia may be frozen, and property rights restricted, Andrey Klishas, the chairman of the Russian upper chamber's Committee on Constitutional Legislation, told Sputnik on
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Instagram chief to testify in US Congress on harm to youth from platform
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, will appear before the US Senate, the upper chamber of the Congress, in the second week of December for the first time and testify regarding reports on the negative influence of the social network on teenagers, t
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Russia-US relations to break if Congress adopts resolution on 2024 electio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Relations between Moscow and Washington will break if the US Congress adopts a resolution on the non-recognition of the 2024 election in Russia if Vladimir Putin runs for president, Vladimir Dzhabarov, the first deputy head of the Russian upper cha
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Russian lawmaker says borders not subject to revision after Kishida's rema
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian territory is indivisible, and the borders are not to be revised, Vladimir Dzhabarov, the first deputy chairman of the Russian upper chamber's foreign affairs committee, told Sputnik on Tuesday, commenting on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio
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Pakistan's opposition alarmed over disappearance of key rights bills
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 21 (ANI): Pakistan's opposition in the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature has expressed alarm over its key human rights (HR) bills disappearing in a black hole to emerge in the form of government bills.
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Trump lashes out again at former ally McConnell, says Republican Party nee
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Palm Beach [US], April 30 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) renewed his feud with Senate Minority Leader and former ally Mitch McConnell by calling for Senate Republicans to find a new leader ahead of the midterm elections, suggesting doing so would boost their
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US Senate votes to confirm Garland as attorney general
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) confirmed Merrick Garland to be President Joe Biden's attorney general. The US upper chamber voted 70-30 on Garland's nomination to lead the Justice Department, easily topping the 50 votes needed.
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Republican senator urges Biden to confirm US will keep embassy in Jerusale
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): Republican Senator from Tennessee, Bill Hagerty on Saturday wrote to US President Joe Biden urging him to publicly confirm that he will keep the US Embassy in Jerusalem after the upper chamber overwhelmingly signalled support for the location last week.
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Biden calls for Democrats to keep Trump impeachment trial short
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): US President Joe Biden urged his fellow members of the Democratic Party in the Senate to keep former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the upper chamber short and not to let it "derail the agenda".
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Biden hopes Senate will consider Trump impeachment among urgent issues
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Wilmington [US], January 14 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) reiterated his hope that the Senate will be able to carry out their regular legislative duties while dealing with responsibilities pertaining to President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the upper c
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