“Russia is the most open
democracy, we have transparent procedures, direct elections. The world states
are abandoning principles of direct democracies, refusing to hold direct
elections,” said the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
at today’s
meeting of the Council of Legislators.
He added that all decisions taken there did not help to ensure democratic principles and direct election procedures, but in fact quite the contrary.
“Our democracy has a centuries-old history, and when they want to teach us, they should remember: we have already had (democratic) institutions when their states were founded,” stressed the Chairman of the State Duma.
“They should learn from our country, as we live in multinational state, where different traditions, religions, cultures are respected,” said Viacheslav Volodin.
He is convinced that the USA should be the first state to learn from Russian experience, as the US authorities impose standards on other countries, while they themselves do not comply with those standards.
“I hope that the next meeting of the Council of Legislators will be held with participation of foreign representatives who will be able to learn more about the Russian experience,” concluded Viacheslav Volodin.
Today’s meeting of the Council of Legislators is held on the Day of Parliamentarism. The first session of the State Duma was held on 27April 115 years ago. There was the Emperor’s Manifesto established that “no law could enter into force” without an approval of the State Duma.
