State Duma News

Members of the United Russia faction discussed with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Russia-US relations

Meeting participants also discussed issues of continuing civil science cooperation, non-recognition of Russian COVID-19 vaccines in the USA and some other issues

Vyacheslav Volodin: the US and EU actions in the Middle East have led to the current situation at the border between Belarus and Poland

Chairman of the State Duma urged the Council of Europe, PACE, OSCE and the European Parliament “to stop shifting responsibility and help refugees”

Vyacheslav Volodin to hold a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia in Minsk

Vyacheslav Volodin will pay his first foreign visit as the Chairman of the State Duma of the eighth convocation on December 2

Members of the State Duma to form the part of the Interparliamentary Group of Russia

It was proposed to elect the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin as Co-Chairman of the Interparliamentary Group and Evgeny Popov as Deputy Co-Chairman

Ivan Melnikov held a meeting with Minister of Higher Education of Cuba Jose Ramon Saborido Loidi

Meeting participants discussed issues of training of Cuban citizens in Russian universities

Vyacheslav Volodin: we need to adopt dozens of laws to implement decisions on integration of Russia and Belarus

On November 4, Presidents of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus at the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State signed Integration Decree, as well as approved 28 union programs, Military Doctrine and Migration Policy Concept

Vycheslav Volodin had a telephone conversation with Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin

Leonid Slutsky commented on the decision to suspend Russia’s mission to NATO

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted the overtly confrontational attitude of the Alliance towards Russia

Members of the State Duma of the 8th convocation gathered at the first plenary meeting

Parliamentarians elected Chairman of the State Duma, his Deputies and approved compositions of the State Duma Committees and Commissions

Vyacheslav Volodin elected Chairman of the State Duma of the eighth convocation

He noted in his speech at the first plenary meeting that the work of the State Duma deputies “should be meaningful and final results-oriented, while the populism is destructive”

Chairman of the State Duma emphasized importance of countering foreign interference

Viacheslav Volodin stressed that foreign states will continue their attempts to interfere in Russia’s internal affairs, as they want "to halt development of our country"

Petr Tolstoy announced that Russian delegation to PACE would not go to Strasbourg

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma also said that Russian parliamentarians would follow the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe remotely

Viacheslav Volodin on restrictions on the Russian delegation: it would be right not to participate in the PACE session

The Chairman of the State Duma commented on the restrictions on freedom of movement of the Russian delegation in Strasbourg during the PACE session due to the fact that the EU does not recognize Sputnik V vaccine certificates

Viacheslav Volodin on the report of the European Parliament: “We will not tolerate such resolutions”

The Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that the adopted resolution “is another attempt to interfere in our internal affairs and put pressure on Russian citizens”

Leonid Slutskiy: the European Parliament undermines the prospects for unfreezing of dialogue with the new convocation of the State Duma

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs said that the report calling not to recognize the results of the elections to the State Duma “is the clearest example of meddling in the Russian electoral process by the largest inter-parliamentary organization”