State Duma News

Viacheslav Volodin and Viktor Medvedchuk discussed issue of enhancing inter-parliamentary cooperation within the Normandy Format

Meeting of the Chairman of the State Duma and the Chairman of the Political Council of the political party "Opposition Platform - For Life", the Chairman of the Inter-Factional Parliamentary Association of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ”Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue for Peace: Ukraine-Russia-Germany-France” was held on October 6 at the State Duma

Members of the State Duma called for immediate ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh

Parliamentarians also urged the sides to conflict to return to the negotiation process in the shortest possible time and expressed their readiness to offer mediation assistance in stabilizing the situation

Members of the State Duma prepared a statement on the need for an immediate ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region

Parliamentarians also urged to prevent the escalation of confrontation in the region

Member of the State Duma commented on the statement by President of Russia on a program for restoring the Russia-US cooperation in the field of international information security

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy stressed that the statement contained Russia’s proposals to resolve any issues in the field of cyber security through negotiations and move away from the practice of unfounded and unsubstantiated accusations

The State Duma Commission sent a letter to President of the German Bundestag on parliamentary control over the investigation of Navalny case

Members of the State Duma proposed to create a joint commission or a working group which would consist of members of the Bundestag and the State Duma to exercise parliamentary control over the investigation of the incident with Alexey Navalny

The State Duma Commission proposed German parliamentarians to conduct a joint investigation of the incident with Alexey Navalny

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev said that the situation around the blogger and the campaign launched by Western countries had the goal to disrupt our economy and sever ties with friendly countries

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