OREANDA-NEWS. June 24, 2011. The meeting discussed decentralisation initiatives that would transfer some of the federal government’s powers to regional level.

During the meeting, the regional heads also proposed the candidacy of Valentina Matviyenko as speaker of the Federation Council.

Taking part in the meeting were head of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov, head of the Republic of Komi Vyacheslav Gaizer, head of the Republic of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, Governor of Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev, Governor of Krasnoyarsk Territory Lev Kuznetsov, Governor of Ryazan Region Oleg Kovalyov, and Governor of Sverdlovsk Region Alexander Misharin.