News of the Chairman

The 60th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Belarus and Russia was held today

Parliamentarians from Russia and Belarus discussed preparation of model legislation

Viacheslav Volodin urged international organizations to put issue of protection of rights and freedoms of citizens in order

Chairman of the State Duma stressed the need to monitor by representatives of PACE and OSCE not only the actions of the Ukrainian authorities and analyze the results, but also to monitor the situations in other states

Viacheslav Volodin: President proposed a new agenda for Europe and the USA at SPIEF

A citizen is a priority on this agenda, as the Chairman of the State Duma told reporters following the events of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

Chairman of the State Duma: dialogue between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden is necessary

Viacheslav Volodin noted the role of the Russian President in ensuring global security and that his role was undeniable

Viacheslav Volodin confirmed possible interference of the Western states in the elections in Russia

"The United States will try to do everything possible to weaken the existing authorities in the Russian Federation, as the current situation is not good for the US authorities, because our country is developing and defending its interests,” stressed the Chairman of the State Duma

Viacheslav Volodin called Nord Stream 2 “economic project”

Chairman of the State Duma in an interview to RT on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum said that Russia, EU and the United States of America considered the Nord Stream 2 as economic project, but the US authorities understand that they would not stand that competition and started to use political tools

Chairman of the State Duma: Russia is developing, so there will be new accusations

Viacheslav Volodin in an interview to the TV show “Time will tell” on Channel One Russia said that Russian system should not only respond to the current challenges but also be ready to address new challenges that definitely would appear in the future

Viacheslav Volodin: Ukrainian authorities are systematically trying to destroy everything that the multinational Ukrainian people have

Chairman of the State Duma called actions of the Ukrainian authorities to change the streets names after Soviet heroes “attempts to hold onto power”

Viacheslav Volodin: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Georgia and Baltic states should apologize to Russia

Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that those states should also stop blaming Russia for all their problems

Viacheslav Volodin and Ivica Dacic agreed to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation between Russia and Serbia

Chairman of the State Duma and Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia supported further development of cooperation within the framework of high-level interparliamentary commission, relevant committees and different international organizations

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia has become stronger and more independent over the years of sanctions

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that in such difficult situation, the Russian President had managed to unite society, overcome challenges and had done a lot to help Russia to withstand and develop

Chairman of the State Duma discussed with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea issues of inter-parliamentary cooperation

Viacheslav Volodin and Park Byeong-seug agreed to enhance inter-parliamentary cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea in the field of technology and production of COVID-19 vaccines

The State Duma supported Russia's withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty

The United States of America was the first state which unilaterally withdrew from the Treaty in November 2020, and such actions prompted Russia’s reaction to that situation. The Chairman of the State Duma earlier stressed that “we cannot put the national security of our country at risk”

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with President of the National Assembly of Armenia

Viacheslav Volodin and Ararat Mirzoyan discussed issues of Russia-Armenia bilateral relations, as well as the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh

Chairman of the State Duma proposed to discuss activities of international IT companies at the CSTO PA and PACE

Viacheslav Volodin stressed that the Internet development brought new challenges that should to be addressed at the interstate level