State Duma News

Leonid Slutskiy: calls not to recognize the legitimacy of the new convocation of the State Duma are considered as interference in Russia’s internal affairs

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stressed that the election campaign “is being conducted in accordance with all democratic standards, transparently and honestly”

Foreign tourists are able to obtain Russian visas through a simplified procedure

Foreign citizens are able to obtain visas for six months to visit Russia if they have hotel confirmation. The relevant law entered into force on August 25

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin congratulated Ararat Mirzoyan on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

Member of the State Duma noted use of double standards by the Western states for not reacting to events in Lithuania

“I once again wonder why the European Parliament does not condemn such actions. Where are the calls for sanctions against the Lithuanian authorities, where are the statements by the US State Department? Apparently, some of the European states have been given full right to freely interpret such terms as freedom of speech and assembly,” said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

Vasilii Piskarev: the US political elite is annoyed with strengthening of Russia’s sovereignty

The Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs is convinced that anti-Russian politicians in the United States will continue to call on President Biden to impose new sanctions and to increase pressure on Russia

Member of the State Duma called Ukraine’s decision to deploy the US air defense systems “a blatant provocation”

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs said that if such systems had been deployed in close proximity to the Russian borders there would have been Moscow’s reaction and such situation would increase in tension

Leonid Slutskiy: Western states continue their efforts to deter Russia and its closest allies

“They are talking about struggle for peace and protection of human rights. But in fact, that is a real unfair competition, an attempt to push Russian and Belarusian companies out of the world markets and a hypocritical doublethink to justify interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states,” said the Chairman of the Committee on International affairs

Viacheslav Volodin attended the inauguration ceremony of the President of Iran

Chairman of the State Duma attended the ceremony on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with Speaker of the Joǵorku Keńesh of Kyrgyzstan

Viacheslav Volodin and Talant Mamytov discussed issues of development of Russia-Kyrgyzstan inter-parliamentary relations

Viacheslav Volodin and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf discussed issues of Russia-Iran inter-parliamentary cooperation

Chairman of the State Duma and Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran supported enhancement of cooperation between the two countries on the basis of friendship, trust and absence of double standards

Chairman of the State Duma conveyed greetings from the Russian President Vladimir Putin to the President of Iran

Viacheslav Volodin and Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi discussed issues of development of Russia-Iran bilateral relations and inter-parliamentary cooperation

Remarks by members of the State Duma on the OSCE’s decision not to send observers for the elections in Russia

The OSCE announced earlier that representatives of the organization would not observe the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Russia due to limitations on the election observation in the current epidemiological situation

Viacheslav Volodin to represent Russia at the inauguration of Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi

Chairman of the State Duma will attend the inauguration ceremony of the President of Iran on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation

Viacheslav Volodin congratulated Alen Simonyan on his election as Speaker of the Parliament of Armenia

Chairman of the State Duma wished him success in his work

Leonid Slutskiy: accusations against Russia of provocations against NATO are very destructive and dangerous words

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs said that the real intentions of the NATO member states to escalate the situation in the Black Sea region could be disguised by anti-Russian hysteria