March 19, 2019 Chairman of the State Duma: Russia and Kazakhstan should continue to be key strategic partners Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin commented on the decision of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to step down
March 15, 2019 The Chairman of the State Duma urged to seek compensation from Ukraine in favor of Crimea Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin urged to oblige Ukraine to compensate the Crimea for losses for being its part
March 6, 2019 Vicheslav Volodin urged to bring to justice US Senator Ben Cardin Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin instructed the Committee on International Affairs to consider the issue of bringing to justice US Senator Ben Cardin for defamation of member of the State Duma Vladislav Reznik
March 5, 2019 Russia and Italy will pay particular attention to the digital economy “Today we are trying to find ways to solve the issues of creating a favorable environment together for further development of new technologies, and the current experience of Russia and Italy in this field will help us to take these steps together,” said Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin, opening the meeting of the High Russian-Italian Inter-Parliamentary Commission
March 5, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin named one of the priorities of relations between Russia and Italy "Issues of humanitarian cooperation and cultural exchanges are one of the priorities of our mutual decisions," said the Chairman of the State Duma during a bilateral meeting with President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament Roberto Fico. The parties also discussed the development of inter-parliamentary interaction and economic cooperation
March 4, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin met with President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association The meeting participants exchanged views on the Russia-US relations, discussed the humanitarian projects, as well as the possibility of intensifying contacts between the State Duma and the US Congress
March 1, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: Russian delegation will ask to assess the situation in Venezuela at the session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin announced this at a meeting with Executive Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez. The parties discussed the situation in the Republic, stressing the importance of observing the norms of international law and the principles of non-interference in the affairs of sovereign states
February 28, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: Russian-Greek relations are based on strong traditions of friendship between nations The Chairman of the State Duma declared this at a meeting with President of the New Democracy Party of the Hellenic Republic Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The parties discussed countries’ bilateral relations and spoke in favor of developing interaction in various fields, including within the parliamentary dimension
February 13, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin and Andrej Danko discussed new formats of dialogue between Russia and Slovakia Separately, the Chairman of the State Duma and the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic discussed the issue of harmonization of legislation in the digital sphere
February 13, 2019 Chairman of the State Duma: more countries should engage in the development of model laws in the sphere of the digital economy Viacheslav Volodin stressed this following a bilateral meeting with Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Andrej Danko, where the parties discussed different issues, including harmonization of legislation in the digital sphere
February 8, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: people of Venezuela are the source of power, not the US State Department The Chairman of the State Duma believes that the US State Department violates the rights of the people of Venezuela, claiming that the elected president, Nicolás Maduro, must resign from the position of the president and leave the country
February 5, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: a bill restricting the observers’ rights at the elections of the President of Ukraine violates international law According to the Chairman of the State Duma, the draft law of the Verkhovna Rada is discriminatory. This initiative violates the principles of democracy and also contradicts the principles and foundations of the OSCE
February 2, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: by withdrawing from the INF Treaty, the USA made European countries a target The United States of America has endangered world security, said the Chairman of the State Duma, commenting on the US withdrawal from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles
February 1, 2019 Chairman of the State Duma spoke about the need to return money paid to PACE by Russia Viacheslav Volodin talked about contributions that Russia paid from 2014 to 2017 in an interview with the TV channel "Russia 24". The question of their return may be raised during negotiations with representatives of the Assembly
