Chairman

Vyacheslav Volodin: the State Duma starts withdrawing ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

It is planned to consider the bill in the first reading today, on October 17

Vyacheslav Volodin met with leadership of Vietnam

Vyacheslav Volodin: only independence and freedom give opportunities to nations to develop freely

According to Chairman of the State Duma, despite the fact that sanctions create difficulties and restrictions, they also provide opportunities for development

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Vyacheslav Volodin and Võ Văn Thưởng discussed issues of cooperation between Russia and Vietnam in various fields

Vyacheslav Volodin: parliaments of Russia and Vietnam should implement new formats to develop mutual beneficial cooperation

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin met with Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vương Đình Huệ in Hanoi

Chairman of the State Duma met with Executive Vice President of Venezuela

Vyacheslav Volodin noted the contribution of Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Nicolás Maduro, to the development of relations between Russia and Venezuela

Vyacheslav Volodin: Washington is the main beneficiary in armed conflicts

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that Washington always used tragedies of millions of people to satisfy its own economic interests

Vyacheslav Volodin: Biden, Macron, Scholz are responsible for creating tensions in the world

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the weapons that the USA and EU pumped up Ukraine with are now used in Palestine and Israel

The Council of the State Duma at the proposal of Vyacheslav Volodin instructed to study the issue of de-ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

The Committee on International Affairs will study the issue together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other interested departments

Vyacheslav Volodin: issue of de-ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty will be considered at the next meeting of the State Duma Council

That goes in line with the national interests of our state and will be a mirror response to the US activity, as the USA has not ratified the Treaty yet, emphasizes Chairman of the State Duma

The First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” was held in Moscow. Text translation

More than 200 participants, including parliamentarians from different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Region, representatives of the expert community, public figures and diplomats took part in the Conference. Follow our text translation to find all the information about the key events of the Conference

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of the Chamber of Senators of the National Congress of Paraguay

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin noted the importance of development of the parliamentary dimension, new formats of cooperation between states

Vyacheslav Volodin and Amado Cerrud Acevedo signed an agreement granting the State Duma an observer status at the PARLACEN

The relevant ceremony was held on the sidelines of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

Speech by Vyachelsav Volodin at the plenary session of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to hold the Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” every year

He announced that at the plenary session in Moscow

Chairman of the State Duma: efforts of the parliaments of Russia and Latin America will help resist sanctions pressure

Over 10 years, 17.5 thousand sanctions were imposed against Russia, as recalled Vyacheslav Volodin

Vyacheslav Volodin: parliamentary dimension to be additional driver for development of relations between Russia and Latin America

Chairman of the State Duma emphasized that the Conference “Russia – Latin America” helped intensify inter-parliamentary contacts: there was signed an agreement on cooperation between the State Duma and the Parliament of Venezuela, there was also held the first meeting of the high level interparliamentary commission with Nicaragua

First meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Nicaragua was held at the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin and Laureano Ortega Murillo opened the meeting. Parliamentarians discussed issues of legislative support of financial and economic cooperation between Russia and Nicaragua, as well as issues of energy, agriculture, and healthcare cooperation

Vyacheslav Volodin: interparliamentary cooperation between Russia and Venezuela is reaching a new level

Vyacheslav Volodin and Jorge Rodríguez Gómez signed an agreement on cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela