LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, speaking today at the first meeting of the seventh State Duma of the Russian Federation, said that the Russian parliament needs a new building, and some deputies will invest in the construction.
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“I hope the seventh convocation will achieve this. The Parliament of Tsarist Russia met in one of the best palaces in St. Petersburg. The Soviet Parliament is in the Kremlin, in one of the best halls. There is a site, there is an approved project. And investors are sitting here. Maybe call the chairman of the Investigative Committee, and money for construction will quickly be found. We promise not to take a single penny from the budget,” Zhirinovsky said.
The issue of building a parliamentary center where both chambers of the Federal Assembly could work has been discussed for several years. Now the State Duma and the Federation Council work in buildings whose total area does not exceed 100 thousand square meters. meters not adapted for these purposes (former buildings of the State Planning Committee and the State Committee for Construction of the USSR). In addition, their units are “scattered” across 20 addresses in the center of Moscow.
The start of construction of the Parliamentary Center in the capital's Khoroshevo-Mnevniki district was planned for 2016. However, the final stage of the competition for choosing an architectural solution has not yet been completed, the jury of which included representatives of the State Duma and the Federation Council.