News of the Chairman

Communiqué on the outcome of the meeting of the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and the Chairwoman of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova

Viacheslav Volodin commented on the resolution of the European Parliament on the situation in Belarus

The Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that, the resolution of the European Parliament aimed at interference in the internal affairs of Belarus

Chairman of the State Duma: there are states that do not want our country to develop, because Russia becomes stronger

The Chairman of the State Duma told that at the interview to the TV channel Rossiya 24

Viacheslav Volodin: foreign states that want to escalate tensions in Russia may be responsible for current Navalny’s condition

Chairman of the State Duma said that the Committee on Security and Corruption Control would analyze the situation with Alexey Navalny to find out if it had been an attempt of foreign states to cause harm to health of a Russian citizen to escalate tensions in Russia

Chairman of the State Duma: Twitter demonstrates policy of double standards by labeling government and media accounts

Viacheslav Volodin expressed surprise that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is funded from the US state budget and reflects the official position of the State Department, had not been given the same tag

Viacheslav Volodin: The Union State has many development prospects and integration opportunities in various areas

Chairman of the State Duma, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia Viacheslav Volodin is convinced that the Union State of Belarus and Russia serves the interests of the nations, and further integration will still be a priority issue

Viacheslav Volodin expressed condolences on explosion in Beirut

Viacheslav Volodin asked to explore the possibility of holding Russia-Iran Inter-parliamentary Commission via videoconference

The Chairman of the State Duma gave relevant instructions to the Committee on International Affairs

Viacheslav Volodin suggested examining compatibility of international treaties of the Russian Federation with the primacy of the Constitution

The Chairman of the State Duma announced that initiative at a meeting of the Bureau of the Council of Legislators. He recalled that the amendment on primacy of the provisions of the Russian Constitution over international agreements strengthens the sovereignty of Russia

Viacheslav Volodin: those people in the Western states who criticize the amendments to the Constitution want Russia to be weak

Chairman of the State Duma told that on the TV programme “Time Will Tell” on Channel One. He commented on the European and US critical statements on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation supported by the majority of Russian citizens

Viacheslav Volodin: each vote in favour of amendments to the Constitution will make our country stronger

The Chairman of the State Duma in an interview to the programme “Parliamentary Hour” commented on the opinion of the Venice Commission, which contains a requirement to exclude or adjust certain amendments to the Constitution

Chairman of the State Duma: we should not stand to see defamation of memory of the victorious soldiers of World War II

Viacheslav Volodin noted that the denying the role of the USSR in the common Victory in some states is inappropriate, and it is important to transfer historical memory and truth to children and grandchildren

Viacheslav Volodin: priorities of Russia's CSTO chairmanship announced by the President of the Russian Federation are guides to action

The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during the session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in November in Bishkek outlined the priorities of the Russian chairmanship of the Organization,” recalled the Chairman of the State Duma

Next CSTO PA session and meeting of the CSTO PA Council will be held in Russia

Date and venue will be determined later. Such decision was taken at the meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

Chairman of the State Duma: it is necessary to expedite the adoption of model acts to harmonize the legislation of the CSTO member states

Viacheslav Volodin noted that 31 model acts out of 43 planned for 2016-2020 have already been adopted