Izvestia english Volodin announced plans of Russia and Belarus to unify legislation

The parliaments of Russia and Belarus have a lot of work to do in terms of further unification of the legislation of the two countries, wrote the speaker of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, in Telegram. He noted that dozens of legislative decisions would be required to implement the agreements on integration within the framework of the Union State. Mr. Volodin recalled that a month ago, the European Parliament passed a resolution demanding that the EU leadership impose new sanctions against Russia if the country continues to support Belarus. "But when a state has real sovereignty, it is focused on the interests of its citizens, not on the resolutions that are passed in Strasbourg," Mr. Volodin said. Therefore, Russian and Belarusian deputies should work on the implementation of the agreements reached at the meeting of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko to create a common economic space. "Dozens of legislative decisions will be needed to implement the agreements. Their quality and speed of adoption will determine how effective the integration between our countries will be," wrote the speaker of the State Duma. On November 4, presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko signed an integration decree on the Union State programs of the two countries at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State. The document provides for the creation of common markets of gas, oil and electricity. The formation of common principles of taxation, common policies in credit and banking, industry and agriculture, the coordinated regulation of joint markets of oil, gas, electricity and transportation services. A total of 28 sectoral programs.