State Duma News

Vyacheslav Volodin: the United States has messed up with sanctions

Chairman of the State Duma commented on recent remarks about new US sanctions against more than 300 members of the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin: that is Vladimir Putin who turned Russia into a strong modern state which can protect its citizens and compatriots

Chairman of the State Duma recalled that on this day 23 years ago, peaceful citizens of Yugoslavia were awoken by the sound of air raid sirens when NATO started bombing Belgrade

Vyacheslav Volodin: that is a historic decision to refuse to receive payments in dollars and euros

Chairman of the State Duma called it another step toward de-dollarization of Russia’s economy

Vyacheslav Volodin: the US authorities’ political statements are worthless, there is chaos in the country

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the US legal system “continues to degrade”. For example, the day before there were two absolutely contradictory statements in Washington

Procedures of admission of foreign medical products to Russia to be simplified

The relevant law was adopted in the third reading. Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin noted the necessity to do everything possible to guarantee access to medicines

The State Duma adopted the law on import facilitation of goods to the Russian Federation

In particular, it will be possible to import multicomponent goods within the framework of several foreign economic transactions during a six year-period

Registration in special administrative regions will be simplified for foreign companies

The relevant law was adopted in the third reading and it includes such changes as adjustment to requirements changes of the date of establishment of a foreign company for registration in the special administrative regions, no more necessary to confirm activities on the territory of several states, etc.

The State Duma initiated an investigation into the activities of the biological laboratories in Ukraine

Members of the State Duma also appealed to the Federation Council with a proposal to create a parliamentary commission to investigate the circumstances related to the creation of biological laboratories by the US specialists in Ukraine

Vyacheslav Volodin conveyed condolences to Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu

Draft imitative on parliamentary investigation of biological laboratories in Ukraine has been submitted to the State Duma

The draft resolution also proposes to appeal to the Federation Council to initiate creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate the situation related to the biological laboratories located on the territory of Ukraine

Vyacheslav Volodin: the US Congress should impeach Joe Biden

Chairman of the State Duma recalled that the US President signed a military aid package for Ukraine in March 2022, while in 2017 the US Congress prohibited funding the Azov battalion

Vyacheslav Volodin: attacks on Vladimir Putin are aimed at destroying Russia

Chairman of the State Duma also said that the US President Joe Biden, US senators and members of the US Congress were responsible for militarization and Nazification of Ukraine

Vyacheslav Volodin had a conversation with Mustafa Şentop

Chairman of the State Duma and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey discussed issues of development of bilateral parliamentary cooperation

Vyacheslav Volodin: the Council of Europe no longer makes sense

Chairman of the State Duma said that the Council of Europe would have nothing to do without Russia, thus “there is only one solution - to disband”

Petr Tolstoy: there is a decision to withdraw from the Council of Europe

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov had already sent a relevant note to the Secretary General of the organization, as said Deputy Chairman of the State Duma