16 Apr 2018 17:03

Duma Economic Policy Committee to discuss Russian countersanctions at roundtable conference on May 3 - source

MOSCOW. April 16 (Interfax) - The Russian State Duma Economic Policy Committee will hold a roundtable at the State Duma on May 3 to discuss Russia's countersanctions to the United States' and some other countries' unfriendly actions against Russia, a source in the Duma leadership told Interfax.

The Duma Council decided earlier to schedule the first reading of a bill on Russian countersanctions submitted by 327 out of the 450 Duma deputies for May 15.

"The Economic Policy Committee will hold a roundtable on May 3, where the bill will be discussed," the source said.