Chairman Of The State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin
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MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Chairman of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has reminded the Minister of agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev, that the source of power in Russia is the people.
On Tuesday at an enlarged visiting session of the faction “United Russia”, devoted to the development of agriculture, the Minister said that he heard from deputies “interesting and useful for themselves.” “You, of course, in the first place, maybe hot, maybe emotionally trying to convey (existing problems) to power, to state agencies… this is absolutely correct…” – he said to the parliamentarians.
“Alexander, they have the power – interrupted Volodin. – You messed up a little.” In response Tkachev explained that he was referring to the government of the Russian Federation. “The source of authority is the people and the deputies are representatives”, – said the speaker of the state Duma.
“You are at the village meeting”, he added, and then in the hall there was applause.