State Duma News

Viacheslav Volodin will take part in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament

The Chairman of the State Duma informed that at a meeting of the State Duma Council it was decided to accept the invitation to participate in the European Conference of Presidents of Parliament

Chairman of the State Duma: the Russian language and common history are a powerful factor in the development of relations between Russia and Tajikistan

During his official visit to Tajikistan, the Chairman of the State Duma, Viacheslav Volodin, spoke at the Russian-Tajik Slavonic University, where he also talked with students, post-graduates, and teachers. A meeting of the Chairman of the State Duma with Russian teachers working in the Republic also took place during the visit

Viacheslav Volodin: the parliaments of Russia and Tajikistan still do not use their potential enough

The Chairman of the State Duma stated this during a meeting with Chairman of the Majlisi namoyandagon of Majlisi Oli Shukurjon Zuhurov, which took place in Dushanbe, where Viacheslav Volodin is on an official visit

Russian media provided the members of the State Duma information about the facts of foreign interference

According to research that journalists presented at a meeting of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs, unauthorized protests were coordinated by US intelligence agencies. Parliamentarians will carefully review all the materials

Leonid Slutskiy called for a revision of international agreements signed by Russia

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs also noted that the parliamentarians are ready to submit for consideration the draft law introduced by the President of the Russian Federation on the withdrawal of the statement made upon ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts

President of the Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela: we survived only because of Russia

On Thursday, October 17, a bilateral meeting between Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and President of the Constituent National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello Rondón took place in the State Duma

Delegation of the Businesswomen’s Society of the Kingdom of Bahrain visited the State Duma

Today, on October 15, the Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Olga Epifanova held a meeting with a delegation of Businesswomen’s Society of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The delegation was accompanied by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain Ahmed Abdulrahman Al Saati

Viacheslav Volodin: Georgian President must apologize to the citizens of Russia and our country

On Tuesday, October 15, bilateral meeting of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and President of the Council of States of the Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation Jean-René Fournier took place in the State Duma

Viacheslav Volodin: the Conference in Istanbul is a big step for the Eurasian countries towards each other

The Chairman of the State Duma summarized the results of the 3rd Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity and called to join efforts to counter terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking

Joint Declaration of the ”Third Conference of Speakers of Parliaments on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity“

We, the Speakers and Heads of Delegations of the National Parliaments of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, holding the Third Conference of Speakers of Parliaments on the theme of “Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity” in Istanbul on 11-12 October 2019

Viacheslav Volodin: it is advantageous for the US to create tension points in Eurasia

According to the Chairman of the State Duma, this allows the United States to weaken the states of this region and violate their sovereignty

Viacheslav Volodin met with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

During the official reception, the President of Turkey talked with all participants of the 3rd Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity

Inga Iumasheva told what questions she was asked during her detention in the United States

Member of the Committee on International Affairs gave an interview to our website and explained the reasons why one should not lower to the level of the United States and deviate from the chosen course of stable and positive cooperation

State Duma will send an address to the leadership of the US Parliament in connection with the incident in New York

This was announced by Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy after the meeting of the Council of the State Duma. Also, according to him, the State Duma will cancel the planned trips of members of the State Duma to the United States for the near future, but there are no plans of reducing inter-parliamentary ties

Members of the State Duma suspend trips to the USA

Business trips will be suspended until the US authorities officially explain why the member of the State Duma Inga Iumasheva was interrogated by the FBI at the New York airport and apologize