Chairman of the State Duma Chairman of the State Duma The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (), also called "Speaker" (), is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Russian parliament. His responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day business of the State Duma presiding and maintaining order at the regular sessions of the parliament. The Speaker also chairs the Council of the Duma which includes representatives from all the parliamentary parties and determines the legislative agenda. The Speaker of the Duma may intervene and express his views but is supposed to be unbiased in his activities
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