News of the Chairman

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

Viacheslav Volodin had a conversation with Speaker of the Joǵorku Keńesh of Kyrgyzstan Talant Mamytov

Chairman of the State Duma congratulated his colleague on the successful elections and referendum

Viacheslav Volodin congratulated Nurlan Nigmatulin on successful elections of members of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin had a conversation with Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin on January 12

Viacheslav Volodin: status of Russian language as language of interethnic communication is in the interests of the citizens of Moldova

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova Zinaida Greceanîi and stressed that the adoption of a law on the status of the Russian language as a language of interethnic communication in Moldova was important for economic, cultural and social cooperation between our countries

Viacheslav Volodin: we do not interfere in foreign elections, and they should not interfere in our elections

Russia condemns interference in the affairs of sovereign states, as said the Chairman of the State Duma at the final plenary meeting of the autumn plenary session 2020