"Medvedev contributed"

How wildly today an excerpt from a news agency report sounds: “Medvedev introduced a bill to the Duma...”

It’s tempting to ask again: “Excuse me... you say - Medvedev contributed - did I hear right? Well, that’s right... He’s also bringing something in somewhere... But this one, excuse me, is the organ where, you say, he introduced... The Duma is called... they are still sitting there, or what?