MINSK (Sputnik) – Kovalev, 67, headed the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in 1996 — 1998. He has been a member of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of the parliament, since 1999.
The 26th Annual Session of the OSCE PA in the Belarusian capital closes on Sunday following the five-day debates focusing bringing on security, counterterrorism, climate change and human rights issues.