The Russian Government approved and submitted to the State Duma's ratification the protocol between the Armenian and Russian Governments on the prolongation of the agreement regulating the process of volunteer migration. The appropriate decree was signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The above mentioned agreement was signed August 29, 1997 and prolonged March 4, 2004 in Yerevan. According to the document, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Alexander Chekalin has been appointed official representative of the RF Government for the discussion of the issue by the houses of the Russian Federal Assembly, RIA Novosti reported.