State Council Meeting Sparks Political Debates.

The article focuses on the Russian State Council Meeting held on January 22, 2010 to discuss the future of its political system. President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended the meeting together with the leaders of all of Russia's political parties. Medvedev concluded that allegations of irregularities in the regional elections were unfounded. Several party leaders voiced out complaints, such as difficulty in obtaining election records, prosecution service's refusal to register complaints, and futility of going to court.