State Duma News

Members of the Committee on International Affairs believe that the situation in Aleppo should receive the proper OPCW reaction

Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy said that "flirting of the West with terrorist organizations such as Jabhat al-Nusra leads to the fact that the center of terrorism still cannot be extinguished in Syria." He believes that this situation should finally be brought up for discussion by the world community

Viacheslav Volodin: the citizens of Ukraine became hostages of a crazy attempt of the leadership of their country

Viacheslav Volodin commented on signing a decree on the imposition of martial law in the country by President Petr Poroshenko. The decree is being discussed in the Verkhovna Rada and, perhaps, will be approved in the form of a law

Members of the State Duma called a brazen provocation the situation when Ukrainian vessels entered into Russian territorial waters

This statement was made by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy. Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Irina Iarovaia also commented on the situation in the Kerch Strait, who considered the incident as defiance, planned offense

Leonid Slutskiy: it is necessary to raise the topic of the crossing of the Russian state border by the ships of the Ukrainian Navy with the OSCE PA and IPU

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stated that “it is necessary to take real measures on international platforms so that such incidents become impossible in the future”

Sergei Neverov urged the UN to take up the lead of CSTO and create a unified list of terrorist organizations

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stated this during the International Parliamentary Conference "Astana is the center of global integration, security, and peace"

Mikhail Degtiarev: safety of people during international sports events is the primary national task

The Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs preliminary considered a draft law aimed at establishment of a legal framework for ensuring integral security during international sports events in the territory of the Russian Federation. Possible measures include the designation of off-limit areas, the prohibition of trafficking in weapons, ammunition, explosives, and others

Aleksei Chepa: the British authorities need the Skripals case to divert public attention from country’s internal conflicts

The Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the Scotland Yard’s publication of new videos with “suspects” of an attempt to kill the former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter. He called it “absolutely empty information, not supported by anything and not proving anything”

Member of the Committee on International Affairs explained the lack of interest of the EU and NATO in Ukraine’s membership

Member of the Committee, Anton Morozov, believes that neither NATO nor the European Union is waiting for Ukraine to become a member, because Ukraine would become “another parasite” for the European Union. In addition, the parliamentarian said that Ukraine “is of no value for NATO because it has a very weak army”

Leonid Slutskiy: voting at Interpol and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is links in one chain

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that voting at Interpol and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is links in a chain, which the US and its satellite countries are using in an attempt to grade international law and turn the largest organizations of international cooperation into platforms for “settling political scores and promoting their interests"

Members of the relevant Committee held working meetings with the leadership of the International Labour Organization

The delegation of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs and the ILO leadership (Switzerland) in Geneva exchanged views on the future of the world labor market, its impact on the diversification of regional markets, as well as proposed to improve the dialogue between employees and employers

Delegation of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control met with the leadership of the Turkish Grand National Assembly

Issues of cooperation between the two parliaments at the level of relevant committees and commissions were discussed at the meetings. The agreement on such cooperation was reached during a visit of State Duma Chairman Viacheslav Volodin to Turkey in October

Petr Gassiev asked Sergei Neverov to assist in the conclusion of an agreement between United Russia and United Ossetia

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov held a working meeting with Chairman of the Parliament of South Ossetia, head of the United Ossetia faction Petr Gassiev

Sergei Neverov: building a dialogue with Armenia is our priority

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov held a meeting with members of the Prosperous Armenia political party at the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia headed by the representative of the party, leader of the Tsarukyan bloc in the Armenian Parliament Gagik Tsarukyan

The Committee on Security and Corruption Control offered to hold an international conference on cybersecurity

Vasilii Piskarev, Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control, discussed this issue with Ismet Yılmaz, Chairman of the Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey during the visit of the delegation of the State Duma to the Republic of Turkey

Leaders of the factions of parliaments of the CIS countries met in the State Duma

The participants of the International Conference “Role of Interaction between Factions of Political Parties and Blocs in Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation of the CIS Countries” are discussing the expansion of inter-parliamentary cooperation. The conference agenda also includes issues of harmonization of national legislations and joint confrontation to emerging challenges and threats