State Duma News

Members of the State Duma denounced the Framework Convention of the Council of Europe for the Protection of National Minorities

The decision was proposed by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

The Council of the State Duma at the proposal of Vyacheslav Volodin instructed to study the issue of de-ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

The Committee on International Affairs will study the issue together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other interested departments

Bill to increase visa fee for EU citizens has been introduced to the State Duma

It is proposed to take mirror measures and to equalize visa fees for issuing Russian visas with the norms currently established in the European Union, Denmark, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, as their authorities had unilaterally completely suspended international agreements with the Russian Federation on the mutual simplification of visa procedures, and started to collect higher visa fees

Vyacheslav Volodin: issue of de-ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty will be considered at the next meeting of the State Duma Council

That goes in line with the national interests of our state and will be a mirror response to the US activity, as the USA has not ratified the Treaty yet, emphasizes Chairman of the State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of the Chamber of Senators of the National Congress of Paraguay

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin noted the importance of development of the parliamentary dimension, new formats of cooperation between states

The First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” was held in Moscow. Text translation

More than 200 participants, including parliamentarians from different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Region, representatives of the expert community, public figures and diplomats took part in the Conference. Follow our text translation to find all the information about the key events of the Conference

Vyacheslav Volodin and Amado Cerrud Acevedo signed an agreement granting the State Duma an observer status at the PARLACEN

The relevant ceremony was held on the sidelines of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

Plenary session of the International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” was held in Moscow

The topic of the session was the cooperation for a just world for all

Speech by Vyachelsav Volodin at the plenary session of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to hold the Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” every year

He announced that at the plenary session in Moscow

Chairman of the State Duma: efforts of the parliaments of Russia and Latin America will help resist sanctions pressure

Over 10 years, 17.5 thousand sanctions were imposed against Russia, as recalled Vyacheslav Volodin

Vyacheslav Volodin: parliamentary dimension to be additional driver for development of relations between Russia and Latin America

Chairman of the State Duma emphasized that the Conference “Russia – Latin America” helped intensify inter-parliamentary contacts: there was signed an agreement on cooperation between the State Duma and the Parliament of Venezuela, there was also held the first meeting of the high level interparliamentary commission with Nicaragua

First meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Nicaragua was held at the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin and Laureano Ortega Murillo opened the meeting. Parliamentarians discussed issues of legislative support of financial and economic cooperation between Russia and Nicaragua, as well as issues of energy, agriculture, and healthcare cooperation

Parliaments of Russia and Latin America can contribute to building a just multipolar world

On Sunday, October 1, the round table discussion on the topic “Just multipolar world: role of the parliamentary diplomacy” was held as part of the events of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

Parliamentarians called for intensifying humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Latin American countries

Participants of the round table discussion “Development of humanitarian ties between Russia and Latin America: contribution of the parliaments” noted the importance of development of cooperation in such fields as healthcare, science and higher education, sport and culture