In response to the resolution, the Russian lawmakers threatened the OSCE with "harsh consequences".

A Russian lawmaker has demanded an investigation into whether foreigners illegally bought Gazprom shares that only Russians may own, sending the stock down 13 percent.

Russian lawmakers and veterans of the Union of Filmmakers argued the program was immoral.

Like the other Russian lawmakers, Mr. Kovalyov has been in Chechnya for most of the last three weeks.

Russian lawmakers and officials have raised questions about how rebels seem to be able to move freely around the country.

Currently, Russian lawmakers are considering a bill proposing prison sentences for desecration.

A3 A liberal Russian lawmaker who planned to run for president in the next elections was found shot to death in St. Petersburg.

"We are expecting the Yury Dolgoruky submarine to enter service in 2013," Serdyukov told Russian lawmakers at a meeting on defense issues.

Russian lawmakers gave the commonwealth an overwhelming endorsement and the Asian republics moved toward joining.

Heckling and Demands Russian lawmakers made no secret to the watching nation of how clearly they sensed the Soviet leader's dwindling powers.