Taking part in the meeting were speaker of the State Duma and chairman of the United Russia High Council Boris Gryzlov, Vyacheslav Volodin, deputy leader of United Russia, Sergei Mironov, chairman of the party A Just Russia and chairman of the Federation Council, Nikolai Levichev, leader of the A Just Russia faction in the State Duma, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the LDPR [Liberal Democratic Party of Russia], Igor Lebedev, leader of the LDPR faction in the State Duma, Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation [KPRF], Ivan Melnikov, deputy speaker of the State Duma and first deputy chairman of the KPRF Central Committee, and first deputy chief of staff of the Presidential Executive Office Vladislav Surkov.
Speech at Meeting with Leaders of Parties in the State Duma
November 10, 2008