An unusual protocol incident occurred at the Federation Council meeting today.
Valentina Matvinko slowed the departure of Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev to deliver a rather pretentious congratulatory speech. Among other things, she mentioned that some senators come from the law enforcement system.
When the "comrade minister" (C) listened to the congratulations and finally arrived at the podium, he immediately described a completely pragmatic requested gift for his professional holiday - an increase in the salary level of the workforce. To this the speaker said that there is no need to "talk about sad things", because today is a holiday.