State Duma News

Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with Chairwoman of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova

The Speakers discussed the issues of enhancement of bilateral inter-parliamentary cooperation, interaction at international inter-parliamentary platforms and approximation of national legislations

Communiqué on the outcome of the meeting of the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and the Chairwoman of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova

Aleksei Gordeev: it is necessary to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation between Russia and Mongolia

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma noted the need to enhance cooperation between the State Duma and the State Great Khural. "Russia-Mongolia cooperation has great potential and good development perspectives, including in the parliamentary framework," said Aleksei Gordeev

Viacheslav Volodin commented on the resolution of the European Parliament on the situation in Belarus

The Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that, the resolution of the European Parliament aimed at interference in the internal affairs of Belarus

Leonid Slutskiy: the resolution of the European Parliament is a direct and blatant interference in the internal affairs of our state

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the recent resolution of the European Parliament

Sergei Gavrilov re-elected President of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy

Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations will continue to chair the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (I.A.O.). That was announced after the meeting of the I.A.O. General Assembly held via videoconference

The State Duma Commission revealed facts of foreign interference in the recent regional elections

According to the Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev, information on the illegal involvement of Russian NGOs, recognized as foreign agents, in the election campaign finished last week had already been sent to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

The State Duma adopted a statement on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations

The statement affirms the inadmissibility of giving the majority of senior positions in the UN Secretariat to the US citizens and representatives of states loyal to Washington, as such a situation can lead to the dominance of one country and undermines the principle of multilateral cooperation

Chairman of the State Duma: there are states that do not want our country to develop, because Russia becomes stronger

The Chairman of the State Duma told that at the interview to the TV channel Rossiya 24

The State Duma Commission to discuss experience in countering foreign interference with the CSTO parliamentarians

According to the Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev, it is planned to discuss "attempts to change the drug policy of our countries, to promote drug use and legalization of drugs, as well as to introduce substitution therapy"

Petr Tolstoy urged PACE members to cooperate in investigation of the incident with Alexey Navalny

The parliamentarian is also concerned that "the bodies of the Council of Europe descend into rumors discussions”, setting aside not only the rules of procedure, but also the reputation

Petr Tolstoy: the Union State, not the Europeans, should resolve the situation in Belarus

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the Russian delegation to PACE and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Petr Tolstoy addressed participants of the meeting of the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, held on September 8 via videoconference

Leonid Slutskiy: discussion on the situation in Belarus at PACE was politicized

Today, the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy discussed the current situation in Belarus, as said the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs

Viacheslav Volodin: foreign states that want to escalate tensions in Russia may be responsible for current Navalny’s condition

Chairman of the State Duma said that the Committee on Security and Corruption Control would analyze the situation with Alexey Navalny to find out if it had been an attempt of foreign states to cause harm to health of a Russian citizen to escalate tensions in Russia

Valentina Pivnenko summarized results of the 29th meeting of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference

Representatives of the Republic of Lithuania raised the issue of the elections held in Belarus at the 29th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference. The head of the permanent delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the BSPC Valentina Pivnenko urged not to politicize the meeting