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May 20, 2019

Head of the International Committee held a meeting with Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia Lee Sok Bae

Leonid Slutskiy held a meeting with the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia, Lee Sok Bae. The parties exchanged views on topical issues of bilateral relations

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

May 20, 2019

Specified committee commented on the situation around Russian citizen arrested in the US Maria Butina

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, assured that the money needed to pay for lawyers for the Russian citizen would be definitely found

May 17, 2019

Head of the International Committee commented on the statement of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, believes that the statement of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe "does not yet contain a major breakthrough in terms of resolving the crisis in Russia’s interaction with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe"

May 15, 2019

Member of the State Duma commented on the new Ukrainian sanctions against Russia

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy doubts that the imposition of new sanctions by Ukraine will seriously affect Russian economy, and believes that “the outgoing Ukrainian government makes it worse only for its own country”

April 30, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy met with participants of the Russian-Turkish Young Leaders Forum

At the round table “Current legislative agenda. View of the Young”, representatives of the State Duma and the Youth Parliament under the State Duma discussed inter-parliamentary interaction between Russia and Turkey

April 26, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy commented on Donald Trump's call to the Russian Federation and China to abandon nuclear weapons

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that this appeal of the President of the United States can be interpreted “nothing else as a PR move”. He also reminded that Donald Trump is making contradictory statements, not for the first time

April 25, 2019

Head of the International Committee commented on the outcome of negotiations between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the Russian-DPRK summit in Vladivostok was held in a constructive manner

April 24, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the upcoming meeting of the leaders of the Russian Federation and the DPRK

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that these negotiations are very important for the solution of the North Korean problem

April 22, 2019

Members of the State Duma commented on the presidential elections in Ukraine

According to the head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov, it is important for Vladimir Zelensky to resume dialogue on the Donbas within the framework of the Minsk process. Leonid Slutskiy, in his turn, urged to be careful in assessing the new President of Ukraine

April 16, 2019

Members of the State Duma called Notre-Dame de Paris fire a tragedy for world culture

This fire should serve as a lesson for all countries, especially for Russia, a member of the Committee on Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs, Dmitrii Svishchev said. He believes that it is necessary to understand the reasons why it happened, and to prevent from happening again

April 16, 2019

Members of the State Duma: it is possible that a “road map” for resolving the Russian-PACE crisis would be developed until the end of May

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, noted that "the resolution on Tiny Kox’s report that was adopted last week allows to develop a roadmap for resolving the crisis in Russia's relations with PACE"

April 4, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: there were no grounds for sanctions for Russia's intervention in the US elections

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the bill of US senators on new sanctions against Russia

April 1, 2019

Head of the International Committee commented on the preliminary results of the elections in Ukraine

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, thinks that Petr Poroshenko may go to the second round but exclusively thanks to administrative resources and various frauds

March 28, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: “Trump cannot dictate to Venezuela or Russia how to build relations”

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs called outrageous threats to use “all possible options” to force “Russia to leave Venezuela”. Parliamentarian said that the US is again trying to impose its will with the help of the "right of force", ignoring the "force of law"

March 26, 2019

Head of the International Committee commented on the decision of Donald Trump to recognize the Golan Heights as the Israeli territory

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the decision of the President of the United States will not be supported by the world community, as it only complicates the situation in the Middle East

March 11, 2019

A delegation of French politicians headed by Thierry Mariani will visit the Crimea on March 13–16

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the guests from France will take part in the celebrations on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the annexation of the peninsula to Russia

March 4, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy called the Presidential Decree on the suspension of the INF Treaty as a forced and symmetrical measure

At the same time, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stressed that this is not about Russia’s withdrawal from the treaty, the Russian Federation is only “freezing its obligations under the INF Treaty”

February 28, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the results of the second USA-DPRK summit

The summit showed that "issues of North Korean settlement shall not be left only to Washington alone," said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs

February 13, 2019

Members of the State Duma commented on foreign media reports on the possibility of new anti-Russian sanctions

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, noted that “the West prefers to blame Russia for everything, over and over again, for reasons that are absolutely far-fetched”, though the only ones against whom any restrictions could be imposed for the incident in the Kerch Strait are the current Kiev authorities headed by President Petr Poroshenko

February 7, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: non-admission of Russian citizens as observers at the Ukrainian elections is neglect of Kiev’s international obligations

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that even special representative of the US State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker indicated that Russians should be granted access to monitor the elections in Ukraine as part of the OSCE ODIHR mission

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