State Duma News

Viacheslav Volodin: election of Petr Tolstoy as PACE Vice-President will allow to develop the Assembly

The Chairman of the State Duma reminded that “last year Petr Tolstoy actively participated in the negotiations to restore our credentials in PACE and now he works as the head of the Russian delegation”

Petr Tolstoy elected PACE Vice-President

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma heads the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Leonid Slutskiy: “Any secondary sanctions against the Russian delegation to PACE will again make us leave the Assembly”

This opinion was expressed by the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs. At the same time, he noted that “without unnecessary utopia, I would have considered such development very unlikely within the framework of raising the question of the ratification of our credentials”. “In Strasbourg, it’s becoming more and more interesting, and the work of the Russian delegation is more and more effective. It’s still not easy for us, but we will continue our work,” he stressed

Aleksei Chepa: the USSR after World War II invested enormous financial resources to restore the entire infrastructure of Poland

If we calculate the amounts spent by the USSR to rebuild infrastructure Poland after the World War II, then the total GDP of this country is not enough to reimburse it, as said the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs

Chairman of the State Duma: under conditions of US sanctions Russia and Iran should increase trade turnover

At a meeting of the interparliamentary commission of Russia and Iran Viacheslav Volodin also urged European countries and interparliamentary organizations not to remain silent and not to have an "ostrich attitude" in a situation when US actions lead to increased tension in the Middle East

Chairman of State Duma discussed with President of Iran development of relations between the two states

During the meeting, Viacheslav Volodin also conveyed greetings from President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to Hassan Rouhani

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia and Iran should strengthen inter-parliamentary ties

The Chairman of the State Duma said this at a meeting with the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Larijani, which was held in Tehran. He noted the importance of developing inter-parliamentary ties to overcome the challenges, which Moscow and Tehran are facing

Viacheslav Volodin will hold a meeting of the inter-parliamentary commission of Russia and Iran

On January 27, the Chairman of the State Duma will pay a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran, during which he will hold the second meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, and will also meet Speaker Ali Larijani

Russian delegation in PACE will raise the issue of clarifying the mechanism for depriving delegations of their credentials

According to Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy and Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy, delegates from Russia will raise the issue of increasing the quorum for taking reactive measures to countries violating the principles of the Council of Europe

The State Duma Commission on Foreign Interference to examine foreign media publications on snap elections

The Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs will carefully examine the publications of a number of foreign media about possible re-election to the State Duma

Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

The President of Russia delivered the Address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday, January 15. The ceremony took place at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall. Here is the full text of the Address

Leonid Slutskiy met with Kazem Jalali

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran discussed issues of bilateral cooperation, including in the parliamentary dimension, and the situation in the region

State Duma intends to fight for the preservation of historical memory

Representatives of factions of the State Duma expressed support for the statement of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin on the need to protect historical memory and preserve the true history about the deeds of our soldiers in the Great Patriotic War

Viacheslav Volodin urged deputies to consider the protection of historical memory a priority in international activity

The Chairman of the State Duma announced this, opening the first meeting of the spring session. He emphasized that everything must be done to protect the fighters against fascism within the parliamentary dimension

Leonid Slutskiy considers the resolution of the Polish Sejm “rare cynicism”

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the document does not stand up to criticism, and indicated that adopting such resolutions the country's parliament is trying to cover up, rehabilitate flirting of its own previous statesmen with the Nazi regime