State Duma News

Elena Panina commented on the decision to expel European diplomats

The protest that had been made to foreign diplomats and the decision to expel them from the Russian Federation was a logical response of the Russian authorities to interference in internal affairs, as said member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina. She recalled that any attempts by the Russian media to cover the protests taking place in the Western states were perceived as foreign interference

Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran

Speakers discussed inter-parliamentary cooperation in various formats, as well as issues related to mutually beneficial business cooperation, healthcare and energy

Sergei Neverov: foreign interference overstepped all the boundaries

Head of the United Russia faction commented on the statements by Western politicians expressed their support for Alexei Navalny

Chairman of the State Duma: any calls for sanctions against Russian citizens should be strictly punished

Viacheslav Volodin in the TV programme “60 minutes” stressed that each state should protect its sovereignty, economy and citizens from such actions

Chairman of the State Duma: Russia's position in PACE has greatly strengthened over the year, majority is seeking dialogue

Viacheslav Volodin told journalists that there was a solid majority of those parliamentarians who did not support any attacks against the Russian delegation

Members of relevant committees of the State Duma and the Bundestag discussed Nord Stream 2

Following the meeting of Russian and German parliamentarians that was held via videoconference, Pavel Zavalnyi said that “all members of the Committee and all factions were convinced that Nord Stream 2 should be completed and that Germany and Europe needed it”

Leonid Slutskiy: PACE ratified full credentials of the Russian delegation

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs said that Russia would continue to convey consistently its position directly to its European colleagues

The State Duma adopted the President's bill on ratification of the agreement on extension of the New START Treaty

On January 26, Russia and the United States agreed to extend the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms by five years

Committee on International Affairs supported ratification of the agreement to extend the New START Treaty

The document will be considered as a priority issue at the plenary session today

Petr Tolstoy: double standards undermine the PACE credibility

Members of the Russian delegation to PACE, headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy, held a meeting with the President of the Assembly Rik Daems. Russian parliamentarians drew attention to the inadmissibility of the use of double standards

Petr Tolstoy re-elected PACE Vice-President

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists about that. He added that an attempt to organize debate on Navalny case at PACE had failed

Member of the State Duma called attempts of the European Parliament to stop Nord Stream 2 completion “loud shooting blanks”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that calls of the European Parliament for immediate halt on Nord Stream 2 construction and new restrictive measures over Navalny arrest were just another form of interference and pressure on justice system

Members of the State Duma plan to participate in several international events during the spring plenary session

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists about those plans

Members of the State Duma condemn actions of Ukrainian authorities against Russian-speaking citizens

Members of the State Duma considers it inadmissible to ban and persecute Russian and other languages used in Ukraine under the pretext of protecting the state Ukrainian language

Members of the State Duma condemn disproportionate use of force by police and double standards in Europe

Members of the State Duma urge parliamentarians and governments of European states “to demonstrate their readiness to follow unified approaches to assessing similar events that take place in their states and in foreign states, as well as to fully respect the right to peaceful assembly”