State Duma News

Leonid Slutskiy: partial lifting of sanctions clauses in PACE will not solve problems in relations with Russia

The head of the Committee on International Affairs called a partial prohibition on depriving a right to vote a half-measure in order to ensure the legitimacy of the election of Council of Europe officials and judges of the ECHR. The member of the State Duma believes that if the possibility of depriving national delegations of the right to vote in PACE maintains the principles of parliamentarism will be violated

Members of the State Duma commemorated Andrei Karlov

The Russian Ambassador to Turkey died tragically in Ankara on December 19, 2016. A group of Russian parliamentarians visits Ankara to discuss the situation with a Russian girl, whose father, a Turkish citizen, has illegally been holding her in the country for seven years

Member of the State Duma commented on the decision of the President of France to impose emergency rule

Sergei Zhelezniak, a member of the Committee on International Affairs, believes that the decision to impose emergency economic and social rule indicates the desire of Emmanuel Macron to reduce the tensions. However, the parliamentarian believes that the announced economic measures will not be enough

Svetlana Zhurova: accounts created in social networks about protests in Paris can be a provocation

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova believes that the information that accounts in social networks, spreading messages about protests in France, are allegedly linked to the Russian Federation, can be a provocation. No matter what happens in the world, “Russia is responsible for it,” the parliamentarian said

Viacheslav Volodin told about the reaction of foreign parliamentarians to the Ukrainian provocation in the Kerch Strait

According to Viacheslav Volodin, the provocation of the regime of Petr Poroshenko in the Kerch Strait was a consequence of the fact that European politicians for a long time did not want to take responsibility for what is happening in Ukraine

Viacheslav Volodin: Mahatma Gandhi proved that a lot of things can be done without wars

Chairman of the State Duma said this during a joint statement to the press with Speaker of the House of People of the Parliament of India Sumitra Mahajan

Conferences of young legislators and experts will become new formats of interaction between the parliaments of Russia and India

During a meeting with the Speaker of the House of People of the Parliament of India, Sumitra Mahajan, the Chairman of the State Duma supported the proposal of the Indian side to hold a conference of experts and spoke in favor of holding a conference of young legislators of Russia and India

Vice-President of India invited observers from Russia to monitor parliamentary elections 2019

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin met with the Vice-President, Chairman of the Council of States of the Parliament of the Republic of India Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu. During the meeting, the parties discussed the development of relations between the two countries in the field of security and economy

Viacheslav Volodin met with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi

The meeting was held in the framework of the official visit of the State Duma delegation to India from 9 to 10 December

Delegation of the State Duma led by Viacheslav Volodin will hold meetings with Indian colleagues

On December 10, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin will pay an official visit to the Republic of India upon the invitation of Speaker of the House of the People of the Parliament of the Republic of India Sumitra Mahajan

Viacheslav Volodin: meetings of the Russian-Indian Interparliamentary Commission should be annual

The Chairman of the State Duma also said that close working relations should be developed within the framework of the specified committees. He said this in an interview to the Indian TV channel DD1

Delegation of the State Duma visited the headquarters of the Russian-Indian Venture ”BrahMos“

During the tour, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and the members of the delegation examined the exhibition hall of the Russian-Indian Joint Venture “BrahMos Aerospace Limited”

Viacheslav Volodin laid a wreath at the place where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated

Chairman of the State Duma is on an official visit to India upon the invitation of the Speaker of the House of the People of the Parliament of the Republic of India Sumitra Mahajan

Participants of the Conference in Iran adopted the final declaration

Today in Tehran, the speakers of the parliaments of Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey adopted the final declaration and noted the importance of inter-parliamentary cooperation for building a world without terrorism. In addition, the security agencies of the participating states are encouraged to establish a special mechanism for the exchange of intelligence data and best practices in preventing and countering terrorism

Viacheslav Volodin discussed with Binali Yıldırım the situation concerning the retention of the Russian child in Turkey

During the bilateral meeting, the Chairman of the State Duma drew attention of the Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to the fact that the minor citizen of Russia is being retained in Turkey illegally despite the decision of the court of Istanbul. Binali Yıldırım promised to take personal control of the situation