State Duma News

Vyacheslav Volodin met with Alexander Lukashenko

Meeting participants discussed issues related to providing legislative support for decisions of the Supreme State Council of the Union State

International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism” may be held in September 2022

That was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin during his meeting with the President of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc

Chairman of the State Duma and President of Vietnam discussed development of inter-parliamentary cooperation between two states

Vyacheslav Volodin and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc supported the idea of enhancement of cooperation within the framework of Inter-parliamentary Commission, noted its effectiveness, and cooperation within the framework of relevant committees and friendship groups

The CSTO PA meeting was held today

Meeting participants noted the CSTO PA active position on many issues. The parliamentarians agreed to enhance cooperation, as well as continue work on the harmonization of national legislations

Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to develop new formats within the framework of the CSTO PA

He stressed that challenges of the time should be taken into account when developing new formats

Next CSTO PA meeting may be held in Yerevan

In addition, a round table on the situation in Afghanistan may be held in Nur-Sultan

Vyacheslav Volodin called implementation of the decisions of the heads of the organization's member states the CSTO PA priority task

The Chairman of the State Duma, the CSTO PA Chairman noted the importance of facilitation at parliamentary level of ratification of the signed treaties

Vyacheslav Volodin called on parliamentary organizations to develop unified standards to overcome migration crises

The Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the European Union “does not intend to provide assistance to Belarus, there are migrants from the Middle East trying to get to other European states

Vyacheslav Volodin re-elected CSTO PA Chairman

His candidacy was unanimously supported by participants of the CSTO PA plenary session, held on November 29 via videoconference

Gennady Semigin held a meeting with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Nationalities Gennady Semigin held a meeting with the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov at the State Duma on 23 November 2021

Ivan Melnikov: inter-parliamentary dialogue will help to reveal all aspects of Russia-China cooperation

The 7th meeting of the Inter-parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was held on November 23

The Council of the State Duma approved the composition of delegations to international parliamentary organizations

The relevant decision was discussed at the Council’s meeting on Monday. The parliamentary delegations consist of representatives of all factions

Russia has taken over the PABSEC chairmanship

The 58th plenary session of the PABSEC General Assembly was held on November 22

Vyacheslav Volodin: it is not for US congressmen to decide who should be the President of our country

The Chairman of the State Duma commented on the draft resolution introduced by the US congressmen with a proposal not to recognize Vladimir Putin as President of the Russian Federation if he decided to run for presidency in 2024

Sergey Neverov: tourism is an important aspect of global economic recovery after the pandemic

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma took part in the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP 11)