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PUTIN MEETS WITH ROGOZIN BEFORE DUMA-PACE SESSION.

Publication: North Caucasus Weekly Volume: 3 Issue: 3

On January 18, President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in the Kremlin with the chairman of the international affairs committee of the Russian State Duma, Dmitry Rogozin, who also serves as the head of the Duma’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). During their meeting, the two leaders discussed the agenda for the upcoming plenary session of PACE, scheduled to run from January 21-25 in Strasbourg. The “position of Russia in this organization concerning the issues of regulating the situation in Chechnya and on the struggle with international terrorism” were two of the subjects reportedly discussed (Strana.ru, January 18).