On November 22, during his visit to Moscow, the speaker of the de facto parliament of Abkhazia, Lasha Ashuba, met with members of the Russian Federal Council. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, Konstantin Kosachev, the Chairman of the Committee on Defense and Security, Vladimir Bulavin and his first deputy, Vladimir Chizhov. The members of the delegation of the de facto republic were also the Chairman of the so-called Parliamentary Committee on Defense and National Security, Temur Shergelia, and the Counselor of the so-called Embassy in Russia, Madina Avidzba.