the state Duma adopted in final reading the draft law on the introduction of the post of Deputy Chairman of the Russian security Council. This initiative was introduced by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
the Bill requires that the Chairman of the SB shall be appointed to this position and dismissed from it by the President of the Russian Federation.
the lower house of Parliament has considered this initiative as a priority, “Interfax”. January 21, the bill was considered in the first reading.
16 January Vladimir Putin signed a decree introduced the position of Deputy Chairman of the security Council and appointed to it the former Prime-Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
