3rd State Duma mainly to keep the levers of control of the State Duma from its main competitors at that time - "Fatherland-All Russia". The Communists made an agreement on favorable terms. Later, second coalition was formed, The so-called "Coalition of Four" which included Unity, Fatherland-All Russia, People’s Deputy, and Russia’s Regions, and comprised exactly half of the Duma. The latter two of these groups were not parties per se, but rather deputy groups formed in the Duma. During the session, the parliament consolidated pro-government forces around President Vladimir Putin: the merger of public movements "Unity" and "Fatherland" was announced, which led to
Duma (DC Comics) funeral of Dream. Duma's sacrifice in taking the key enlightened Remiel, who subsequently accepted the heavy burden of rehabilitating lost souls. Duma also appears at the funeral of Dream of the Endless in , where he gets up and "speaks", but being the angel of silence, simply sheds a single tear which effectively communicates his feelings to all those present. Following the end of the "Sandman" series, Remiel and Duma give up ownership of Hell in a complex sequence of events in the "Lucifer" spin-off series. This is the first time we hear Duma actually "speak", when he defies Remiel