News of the Chairman

Chairman of the State Duma: PACE representatives to observe elections to the State Duma

It was agreed at the meeting of Chairman of the State Duma and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rik Daems that PACE representatives would observe the parliamentary elections in Russia in September 2021

Viacheslav Volodin suggested PACE focusing on health protection of Europeans

Chairman of the State Duma and the PACE President Rik Daems discussed at the meeting issues related to the current COVID-19 situation and vaccination

Viacheslav Volodin: ECHR is a political instrument now

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin said that the European Court of Human Rights exceeded its powers when called to release Alexei Navalny

Viacheslav Volodin to hold a meeting with PACE President on March 15

That was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma. According to him, the issue of sanctions policy will be one of the topics of the planned discussion

Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov

This is the first visit of the President of Kyrgyzstan to Russia. Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin expressed confidence that the meeting would give impetus to cooperation between two states

Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran

Speakers discussed inter-parliamentary cooperation in various formats, as well as issues related to mutually beneficial business cooperation, healthcare and energy

Chairman of the State Duma: any calls for sanctions against Russian citizens should be strictly punished

Viacheslav Volodin in the TV programme “60 minutes” stressed that each state should protect its sovereignty, economy and citizens from such actions

Chairman of the State Duma: Russia's position in PACE has greatly strengthened over the year, majority is seeking dialogue

Viacheslav Volodin told journalists that there was a solid majority of those parliamentarians who did not support any attacks against the Russian delegation

Petr Tolstoy re-elected PACE Vice-President

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists about that. He added that an attempt to organize debate on Navalny case at PACE had failed

Members of the State Duma plan to participate in several international events during the spring plenary session

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists about those plans

Members of the State Duma to raise the issue of oppression of Russian-speaking citizens in Ukraine at PACE

Viacheslav Volodin gave relevant instructions at the first plenary meeting on January 19

The State Duma to request international organizations to analyze the situation with freedom of speech in the United States

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin gave relevant instructions to the Committee on International Affairs. He is convinced that it is necessary “to do everything to wake international organizations from their slumber”

Viacheslav Volodin: the USA has no right to impose anything on other states

The Chairman of the State Duma addressed parliamentarians at the first plenary meeting of the spring plenary session and recalled that elections to the State Duma would be held in September, and prevention of foreign interference in the election campaign would be the priority issue

Viacheslav Volodin: the US forces Europe to buy its vaccine against COVID-19

Chairman of the State Duma stated that in an interview to the TV channel Rossiya 24. He stressed that the vaccine market should be open so that any country that had developed a vaccine would be able to supply it to other states

Chairman of the State Duma: The US should learn from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan how to hold elections

Viacheslav Volodin expressed such opinion in the interview to the TV channel Rossiya 24