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Delegation of the State Duma paid a visit to Slovakia

The State Duma delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy took part in the celebrations dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Slovak national liberation uprising against fascist occupation

Petr Tolstoy named the main results of the spring session of the State Duma in the international sphere

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma considers the Forum “Development of Parliamentarism”, the Russia’s return to PACE, the work on protection of the rights of citizens in an era of rapid development of the digital economy and the creation of a working group on improvement of legislation in the field of digital technologies to be the most important part of the State Duma’s spring session

Petr Tolstoy: interaction between parliaments is interaction of nationals

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma on the section "Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation: Principles, Trends, Institutions" at the Second International Forum "Development of Parliamentarism" said that the inter-parliamentary dialogue is of particular importance in relation to the changes taking place in the world

Petr Tolstoy: Russia may start full-fledged work in PACE tomorrow

The final decision on the credentials of the Russian delegation will be taken on Wednesday, June 26th. Members of the Ukrainian delegation outraged by today's Russian return to the PACE meeting room after a long break initiated the revision of credentials

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

Petr Tolstoy: taking care of the safety of Russian citizens in Georgia is the duty of the head of state

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy said that the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin to suspend the flights to Georgia was absolutely balanced and correct

State Duma formed its part of the delegation to attend the PACE session

This was announced by Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. He also stressed that the final decision on whether the Russian delegation participated in the session would be taken if the Assembly’s regulations on equal rights of delegations amended

Council of the State Duma will decide on the application to PACE and approve the composition of the delegation on June 19

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin specified that the delegation consists of seven representatives of the Federation Council and 11 members of the State Duma. It is planned that the delegation will be headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy

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

Petr Tolstoy: we will not tolerate any attempts to interfere in our internal affairs

The interests of Russian citizens, not European resolutions and recommendations, shall be a priority of not only domestic but also Russian foreign policy, the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma believes

Petr Tolstoy: non-admission of Russian observers to the presidential elections in Ukraine violates OSCE principles

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, the head of the Russian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly made this statement during the meeting of the Standing Committee of the OSCE PA in Vienna

Petr Tolstoy met with the delegation of the Parliament of Ireland

During the meeting, parties discussed the development of bilateral cooperation and the dispelling of myths about Russia in the context of anti-Russian sentiments in Europe

Petr Tolstoy: the decision on PACE is the most important event on the foreign policy agenda of the Russian parliament

According to the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, until the Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly are changed and brought in line with the Statute of the Council of Europe, which proclaims the equal rights of all 47 states in this organization, Russia will not return to this Assembly

The State Duma will not send delegation to PACE

The Russian Federation will also not make contributions to the budget of the Council of Europe in 2019. As Viacheslav Volodin said, these decisions are made only in the interests of Russian citizens

The Committee on International Affairs suggests not to send a delegation to PACE in 2019

Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy announced this after its meeting. The issue of sending the delegation will be considered at a plenary meeting of the State Duma on Thursday, January 17

Adalbi Shkhagoshev: Russia is ready to cooperate with PACE within the framework of international law

First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction noted that such cooperation is possible only due to common interest and sincerity in work, otherwise the Russian delegation will not take part in the next session

Members of the State Duma commented on the possibility of participation of the Russian delegation in the PACE session

Parliamentarians are going to hold consultations during the week, following these consultations, until January 21, members of the State Duma will take a decision whether the Russian delegation will participate in the next PACE session. At the same time, parliamentarians reminded that the situation when the Russian delegation is deprived of the right to vote is unacceptable

Members of the State Duma called a brazen provocation the situation when Ukrainian vessels entered into Russian territorial waters

This statement was made by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy. Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Irina Iarovaia also commented on the situation in the Kerch Strait, who considered the incident as defiance, planned offense

Sergei Neverov met a delegation of Moldovan parliamentarians

The meeting of the Russian and Moldovan parliamentarians was held the day before the International Conference “Role of Interaction between Factions of Political Parties and Blocs in Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation of the CIS Countries”, which will take place in the State Duma on November 22

Petr Tolstoy: a new state policy on working with compatriots will help eliminate existing bureaucratic restrictions

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stated this to journalists commenting results of the first day of the 6th World Congress of Compatriots living abroad. He noted that for a long time thousands of our compatriots wanted to obtain Russian citizenship, but they had to deal with the shameful indifference of local officials