State Duma News

December 29, 2018

Sergei Gavrilov: “We look at everything that is happening in the Orthodox world with great sorrow”

Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations Sergei Gavrilov said that, commenting on providing of Ukrainian Orthodox Church with Tomos on autocephaly that is expected to take place in January

Chairman of the Committee on Development of Civil Society, Public and Religious Organizations Sergei Gavrilov

December 29, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: “Russia succeeds in achieving its foreign policy goals”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the main difficulty in promoting interests abroad for our country in 2018 was active resistance of Western countries that had set the task of maximally weakening Russia's capacity at economic and political level

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

December 28, 2018

Chairman of the State Duma urged Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron not to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states

Viacheslav Volodin also called on German Chancellor and the President of France to comply with the resolution of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, adopted by consensus by all member states

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

December 28, 2018

Member of the State Duma commented on the decision of the President of Ukraine to expand sanctions on Russia

First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Dmitrii Novikov commented on the statement of Petro Poroshenko that the new restriction measures are supposed to include even members of the State Duma. As the parliamentarian said, such measures imposed by the President of Ukraine are the next step in the information and political war against Russia

December 27, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy told what kind of relationship Russia will have with the United States and PACE in 2019

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs replied to questions raised by journalists and commented on the future of US-Russian relations, situation in Syria and participation of Russian delegation in PACE in the coming year

December 24, 2018

Svetlana Zhurova: cooperation with our foreign partners is developing despite the sanctions

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova summarized the results of the Committee’s work for 2018 and told about plans for the upcoming session

December 24, 2018

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of Vietnam

Viacheslav Volodin and Nguyễn Phú Trọng discussed issues of cooperation between the two countries and the development of inter-parliamentary interaction between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Vietnam

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairwoman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân

Russia and Vietnam have established the Inter-Parliamentary Commission

December 24, 2018

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân signed an agreement on the establishment of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission. Meetings of the Commission will be held every year, alternately in Russia and Vietnam

December 24, 2018

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with Prime Minister of Vietnam

Viacheslav Volodin and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc discussed issues of development of relations between the two countries, including at the inter-parliamentary level

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

December 23, 2018

Russia and Vietnam are reaching a new level of inter-parliamentary cooperation

The State Duma and the National Assembly of Vietnam are going to sign an agreement on the Inter-Parliamentary Commission on Cooperation, and this new format will help to achieve concrete results. Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told about this in an interview with the Vietnamese television broadcaster VTV

Interview of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin with Vietnamese TV company VTV

December 23, 2018

Viacheslav Volodin laid a wreath at the Monument to the Fallen Heroes in Hanoi

Chairman of the State Duma also visited the Ho Chi Minh Memorial Complex and laid a wreath at the Mausoleum. The delegation of the State Duma headed by Viacheslav Volodin is visiting Vietnam on December 23-24

Wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument to the Fallen Heroes in Hanoi

December 23, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy is ready to assist in arrangement of the UN mission visit to Crimea

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution on alleged violations of human rights in Crimea

December 23, 2018

The delegation of the State Duma headed by Viacheslav Volodin is on official visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

During his visit to Hanoi, Chairman of the State Duma will hold bilateral meetings with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on December 23-24

December 22, 2018

Chairman of the State Duma proposed to hold an international event based on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State

Viacheslav Volodin proposed that at the 55th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State. Colleagues from Belarus supported Chairman of the State Duma. It may be held next year

Plenary meeting of the 55th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State

December 22, 2018

Viacheslav Volodin criticized the ministries of Russia and Belarus for failing to comply with the presidential instructions to abolish roaming

Chairman of the State Duma told about that in the framework of the “government hour” held at the 55th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State on December 22