State Duma News

Address by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the plenary session “Russia-Africa in a Multipolar World”

Vladimir Putin spoke at the International Parliamentary Conference "Russia – Africa in a Multipolar World", held in Moscow under the auspices of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Speech by Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko at the Second International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa”

Speech by Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin at the plenary session “Russia-Africa in a Multipolar World”

Chairman of the State Duma proposed to hold the Conference “Russia-Africa” annually

Chairman of the State Duma said that in his speech at the plenary session “Russia-Africa in a Multipolar World”, held at the State Duma in Moscow

Vyacheslav Volodin: Washington should not lecture us how to build relations and make plans for the future

Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that, despite the illegal sanctions imposed by Washington, Russia and African states are developing trade and economic cooperation

Vyacheslav Volodin: Russia and Guinea-Bissau should find new formats of cooperation

Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that inter-parliamentary cooperation will give new impetus to development of bilateral relations

Chairman of the State Duma met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

Vyacheslav Volodin is convinced that parliamentary cooperation could give new impetus to bilateral cooperation

Russia and African countries want equal world without imposition of Western paradigm of consciousness

Topic “Neocolonialism of the West: How to Prevent the Repetition of History” was discussed at the round table during the Second International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa”. Parliamentarians of Russia and the countries of the African continent, as well as leading Russian experts, exchanged views and outlined a trajectory for further dialogue based on the principles of mutual respect

Members of the parliaments of the African continent discussed with Russian colleagues joint efforts to ensure global security

Participants of the round table discussion on the topic “Indivisible Security: Capabilities and Contributions of Parliaments” discussed importance of sovereignty protection, non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, fight against poverty, countering terrorism and military biological threats

Prospects of Russian education were discussed at the International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa”

Round table discussion on the topic “Parliamentary Support of Scientific and Educational Cooperation” was held as part of the event of the Second International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa”. Issues of promoting Russian education in Africa were discussed at the event

Vyacheslav Volodin discussed with heads of delegations of the parliaments of African states development of inter-parliamentary cooperation

Meeting was held on the sidelines of the Second International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa”, which started on March 19 at the State Duma

Parliamentarians from Russia and Africa discussed issues of development of economic cooperation

Round table discussion on the topic “Legislative Response to Economic Challenges” was held as part of the events of the Second International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa”

Vyacheslav Volodin: only those have prospects, that maintain their independence, protect the sovereignty

Chairman of the State Duma said that at the meeting with President of the Transitional Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Burkina Faso Ousmane Bougouma. According to Vyacheslav Volodin, the parliamentarians have reached an agreement to create a working group between the Parliaments of two states

Vyacheslav Volodin and Simplice Mathieu Sarandji discussed prospects for inter-parliamentary cooperation between Russia and the Central African Republic

Meeting of Chairman of the State Duma and President of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic was held on the sidelines of the Second International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa”

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of the National Transitional Council of the Republic of Mali Malick Diaw

Meeting participants discussed further development of cooperation between Russia and Mali and signing of the inter-parliamentary agreement between the State Duma and the Parliament of the Republic