“Russia’s State Duma Chairman, Vyacheslav Volodin, announced an emergency session Monday, calling back Russian lawmakers for an ‘extraordinary’ meeting just as representatives went out for summer vacation, raising alarm that Russia’s parliament might be preparing to take escalatory steps in the war in Ukraine,” the Daily Beast reports.
Russian Lawmakers Called Back for Emergency Meeting
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