State Duma News

Elena Panina: Venezuela is on the brink of civil war

“The situation is developing according to a well-known scenario [...]. There took place the organization of subversive acts by part of the political elite bribed with American money and illegally proclaimed itself the new leadership of the country,” noted a member of the Committee on International Affairs. “All these actions are nothing less than political terrorism,” said the parliamentarian

Head of the International Committee Leonid Slutskiy commented on events in Venezuela

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, believes that the United States is behind the attempt to overthrow the legitimate President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. The United States continues the policy of external pressure and interference in the affairs of sovereign states, but only the people of Venezuela must decide who will be the head of state, the parliamentarian stressed

Sergei Neverov discussed with the delegation of the Republic of Korea the development of inter-parliamentary cooperation

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov invited colleagues from the Republic of Korea to discuss the idea of creating an inter-parliamentary commission, which would enable the development of cooperation between the two countries within the parliamentary dimension

Leonid Slutskiy: “The results of the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe show the intensification of Russian-Japanese contacts”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the outcome of the meeting of President of Russia and Prime Minister of Japan held in Moscow on January 22

Mikhail Degtiarev: ”Confirmation of RUSADA compliance status is one more step towards the completion of this long-running history”

The Chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs commented on the decision of the WADA Executive Committee on the status of RUSADA saying that the decision was fair as the Russian side has done a lot of work in the fight against doping

Ivan Melnikov met with the new Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus

On Tuesday, January 22, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov met with the new Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Vladimir Semashko

The Chairman of the State Duma ordered to appeal the US sanctions against Vladislav Reznik after he was cleared by a Spanish court

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, was instructed to file a claim to the US Senator from Maryland, Ben Cardin, "to demand that he withdraw all initiatives and apologize to Vladislav Reznik"

The specialized committee believes that the Japanese are deliberately politicizing the situation around the Kuriles

Anton Morozov, a member of the Committee on International Affairs, said that acting this way the Japanese are trying to strengthen their bargaining positions prior to the meeting of President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe. At the same time, the member of the State Duma stressed that for the Russian society and Russian politicians the very question of revising the jurisdiction over the Kuril Islands is unacceptable

Members of the State Duma commented on the inclusion of ”GRU officers“ in the EU sanctions list

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, said that the new sanctions of the European Union "named after Petrov and Boshirov" are absolutely illegal and do not fit any logic. Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a member of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control, believes that "the EU continues to use high offices and famous names so that anti-Russian sanctions remain in the top news headlines"

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Gennady Zyuganov: any attempt to cede the Kuril Islands is a threat to national security of Russia

The leader of the Communist Party faction said about that to parliamentary journalists. In his words, “we don’t want a foreign land, but we will not give up an inch of our own land. We must commit ourselves to that position”

Sergei Gavrilov: Bashar Al-Assad is interested in sharing of experience with Russia in development of civil society

President of Syria believes that “a civil society based on the unity of Islam and Christianity will be able to overcome the consequences of the war,” explained the Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations after the meeting of the Russian delegation with Bashar Al-Assad

Members of the State Duma commented on the completion of WADA work in the Moscow laboratory

On Thursday, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Craig Reedie, announced the completion of the work of WADA experts in the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory and said that the next step would be verification of the authenticity of the data

Parliamentarians discussed the experience of development of the civil society with the Speaker of the Syrian Parliament

Russian parliamentarians met with Speaker of the People’s Council of the Syrian Arab Republic Hammouda Sabbagh in Syria. Members of the State Duma gave him a brief overview of the legislative initiatives adopted by the State Duma and aimed at regulating the movement of volunteers, the activities of socially oriented NGOs, and ensuring the protection of human rights