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July 29, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: Russia is ready for attempts to challenge its credentials in PACE

Russia is ready that at the January session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2020, some countries will try to challenge the credentials of our delegation, and is working on it, said Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy. “We are ready for this, we are working with all political groups and most country delegations without exception,” he said

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

July 22, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: politicians who we can talk with appear in the Verkhovna Rada

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, commented on the elections to the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, which took place the day before. In particular, he noted that "now all responsibility for the fate of the Minsk agreements, first of all, their political part, falls on the new authority"

July 11, 2019

Leaders of the State Duma factions discussed key security threats

Parliamentary hearings “Ensuring strategic stability in the context of a changing global security architecture: a parliamentary dimension” were held at the State Duma today. The participants discussed new global challenges and threats, Russia's role in strengthening international security, as well as the importance of developing the institutions of inter-parliamentary diplomacy

July 8, 2019

The Council of the State Duma to discuss the imposition of restrictions on certain goods from Georgia

According to parliamentarians, unfriendly actions against Russian citizens and Russia in Georgia should be adequately assessed. Members of the State Duma intend to propose suspending import of wine and mineral water from Georgia, as well as to limit remittances to this country

July 5, 2019

The State Duma considers the resolutions of national parliaments on lifting of anti-Russian sanctions important

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy called Speaker of the National Council of Slovakia Andrej Danko a courageous man and stressed that “such resolutions show the position of large number of the country's population, and that sooner or later it will have a positive reverse effect on Brussels"

July 1, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy called attempts to reform the UN destructive

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stated this, opening the work of the session “International Security: Dialogue of Legislators to Ensure Peace and Stability” at the 2nd International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism”

June 26, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy urged the Georgian authorities to apologize for the events at the IAO session

“As events in the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy have shown, Georgia is not able to ensure the safety of those who come to the high-level international event. This is very annoying, it is painful for me personally and many of my colleagues but time does not stand still. I think that the Georgian leadership should apologize,” Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, said.

June 24, 2019

800 foreign representatives from 131 countries are expected at the Second International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism”

Representatives of almost all European parliaments, as well as parliamentarians from Syria, Venezuela, and North Korea will be among the participants of the Forum. Parliamentarians from Georgia have been invited. It is also expected that Russian and foreign experts, journalists, leading scientists take part in it

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy and Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

June 21, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the resignation of the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia

According to the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the resignation of the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, is the result of provocation of anti-Russian forces

June 20, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: new JIT accusations on the MH17 do not withstand any criticism

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy commented on accusations of the Joint Investigations Team in relation to the MH17 disaster in Donbass in summer 2014. He noted that “the purpose of this so-called “investigation” is not to establish the truth but to slander Russia in any possible way. It is unworthy and low in relation to the memory of the victims of the disaster and the grief of their loved ones”

June 19, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: Russia suspends participation in the INF Treaty in response to a gross violation of the Treaty by the US

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stressed that the decision to suspend the Treaty is a right one and it is well-timed

June 18, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: “The US is actively exploiting the myth of the “Russian threat” as an excuse for moving its weapons to the Russian borders”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stated that "placing an additional American contingent in Poland will certainly not remain unanswered". Russian military experts will analyze all the risks, assess the possible consequences and develop an adequate response

June 13, 2019

International Committee supported the draft law on the suspension of the INF Treaty introduced by the Russian President

It recommended reviewing the first reading of the draft law on June 18. In accordance with the draft law, the President of the Russian Federation is entitled to decide on the renewal of the Treaty. The law will come into force on the date of its official publication

June 13, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: Washington wants to realize its foreign policy tasks using a few recourses and bearing in mind only its needs

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the intention of the US Congress to increase military assistance to Ukraine to $250 million in 2020 fully complies with the American task of securing Ukraine in its sphere of influence, and the main goal of this is “to preserve Kyev’s anti-Russian policy without any possible constructive changes after the arrival of the new administration"

June 13, 2019

Chairman of the relevant Committee commented on words of Ukrainian Foreign Minister about reaction to Russia’s return to PACE

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the promises of the Ukrainian Foreign Minister "not to make formal polite gestures" towards PACE if the Russian delegation returns to Strasbourg is blackmail, which "is hardly able to impress anyone"

June 5, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: prolongation of sanctions will not be able to influence the reunification of Crimea with Russia

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, commented on the information that appeared in the media about the decision of the EU Permanent Representatives to extend the anti-Russian sanctions on Crimea for another year

June 5, 2019

Representatives of the State Duma will start consultations with the PACE leadership on guarantees of equal rights of national delegations on June 10

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists that Deputy Chairman of the state Duma Petr Tolstoy and Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy will attend these meetings

June 5, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy told when the relevant committee will consider a bill on suspension of the INF Treaty

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy stressed that Russia has never violated the INF Treaty, moreover, “we have repeatedly suggested American partners ensuring that it was true in practice, but all the arguments of the Russian side were ignored”

June 4, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the decision of the PACE regulatory committee to change the sanctions mechanisms

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, stated that the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure decided to recommend to remove from the sanctions mechanisms applied to national delegations the right to speak, the right to be represented in the Assembly and the right to vote

June 1, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy spoke about the prospects for Russia's participation in PACE

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs said that he assumes the participation of the delegation of the Russian Federation in the PACE June session if amendments to the Regulations of the organization are made

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