State Duma News

Representatives of the State Duma participated in an international seminar for parliamentary research services

The 9th International Seminar for Parliamentary Research Services was held in the Republic of Korea (Seoul) on November 7–9, 2018. At the Seminar, the Office of the State Duma was represented by the Head of the Expert Analysis Department, Yan Vaslavsky

Overview of the Russian parliamentary system

The Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is a legislative and representative body of state power (parliament) of the Russian Federation. It is a permanent body. The Federal Assembly consists of two chambers: the State Duma and the Federation Council

Leonid Levin: the role of states in discussing issues of Internet governance is not sufficient

The Chairman of the Committee on Informational Policy, Technologies and Communications stated this at his presentation on the “Russian Multi-Stakeholder Approach: Cooperating Against Cyber Threats” at the 13th UN Internet Governance Forum in Paris

Leonid Levin: the problem of fake news should be solved jointly at the international level

The Chairman of the Committee on Informational Policy, Technologies and Communications announced this during the 13th UN Internet Governance Forum, which takes place in Paris from 12 to 14 November 2018

Sergei Gavrilov: learning the lessons of the First World War will ensure a nuclear-free future

Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations Sergei Gavrilov stated this in his speech at a meeting with members of the European Parliament

The delegation of Lebanon visited the State Duma

Chairman of the International Committee Leonid Slutskiy discussed with Lebanese delegation bilateral relations and topical issues of the international agenda, in particular, the settlement of the Syrian crisis

The political system of the Russian Federation: President and Government

The Constitution of the Russian Federation establishes the principle of separation of powers. Article 10 of the Constitution provides that state power in Russia is exercised on the basis of separation into legislative, executive and judicial branches, which are independent of each other

Inga Iumasheva: the increase in the number of women in US politics can play an important role in preventing a new arms race

The member of the Committee on the International Affairs, coordinator of the parliamentarian group on relations with the US Congress commented on the results of the mid-term elections to the US Congress. “It is known that this year the record number of women was elected to the US Congress, they have got more than 100 seats in parliament,” stated Inga Iumasheva and noted, that increasing number of women in politics is certainly a positive trend

Members of the State Duma noted high turnout at the mid-term elections to the US Congress

Artem Turov (United Russia) and Aleksei Kornienko (CPRF) monitored the elections at nine polling stations in Washington and Maryland as part of the OSCE PA delegation

Pavel Zavalnyi: there is hope that we have passed the most freezing phase in relations between the Russian Federation and Germany

The Chairman of the Committee on Energy takes part in the 11th Russian-German Raw Materials Conference in Potsdam, where he presented a speech at the first plenary session of the conference

Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan: we see Russia as a key partner

Nigmatilla Yuldashev told about this at the meeting with Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. He noted that as a result of the decisions made by presidents of the two countries and the systematic increased dialogue at the highest level, bilateral relations are deepening in all key areas of interaction

Leonid Slutskiy: “There were no surprises in the midterm elections to the US Congress”

Democrats secure the most seats in the House of Representatives, Republicans strengthen their positions in the Senate. Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that "such an outcome shows that the split still persists in American society"

Vasilii Piskarev: agreements on enhanced cooperation with Iranian parliamentarians have been reached

After the visit of the State Duma delegation to Iran, Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasilii Piskarev, stated that during the meetings, parties reached full mutual understanding and demonstrated mutual willingness to develop the inter-parliamentary cooperation. According to the parliamentarian, in particular, it was proposed to continue the discussion of measures to counter drug proliferation. Iranian colleagues were also invited to pay a reciprocal visit to Moscow

State Duma members as part of the OSCE PA delegation monitor the mid-term elections to the US Congress

Midterm elections to the Congress are taking place in the US. Among the observers of the OSCE PA, there are two State Duma members, Artem Turov and Aleksei Kornienko. They are observing elections in Washington and Maryland

Svetlana Zhurova held a meeting with the delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova conducted a meeting with the delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 2 November where world’s topical issues were discussed