State Duma News

What changes will be in the Constitution of the Russian Federation?

On 11 March the State Duma adopted the third and final reading of the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. On the same day these amendments were approved by the Federation Council. On 22 April the national vote on proposed amendments is scheduled in Russia. In our material you will find out the most noticeable and important amendments to the current Constitution of the Russian Federation

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia’s strength is not oil and gas, but Vladimir Putin

The Chairman of the State Duma noted at a plenary meeting that today our President is perceived by other states as a person who effectively solves problems and manages to develop our country, and it explains badgering of Valentina Tereshkova, who introduced an amendment to the Constitution aimed to make Russia stronger

Leonid Slutskiy: due to an outbreak of coronavirus PACE may cancel the spring session in Strasbourg

According to him, if the April session is not held, it will be quite natural in the light of the pandemic announced by WHO and the need for measures to prevent further spread of the virus

Viacheslav Volodin emphasized the importance of the Normandy Format within the parliamentary dimension

The Chairman of the State Duma stated that it is necessary for parliamentarians not only from Russia and Ukraine but from France and Germany as well to join the process

State Duma’s members took part in the Young Parliamentarians Forum of the BRICS

The topic of the plenary session was the view of young parliamentarians on global security and breakthrough development in the digital era. The event takes place in St. Petersburg

State Duma decided to postpone the International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism”

The International Forum "Development of Parliamentarism" was planned to be held in Moscow on June 28 - July 1. The Second Forum, held in the Russian capital in summer 2019, brought together participants from 132 countries, including 41 speakers of parliaments

Leonid Slutskiy held a meeting with a Hamas delegation led by Chief of the Political Bureau Ismail Haniya

Leonid Slutskiy told that the whole range of Middle East settlement issues was discussed based on an internationally recognized legal framework. He spoke with restraint on the proposals of the United States - the so-called “the deal of the century”, noting that it has a clearly pro-Israeli character and does not take into account the interests of the Palestinian side. Several other components of the Middle East settlement and the regional agenda were also discussed

Viacheslav Volodin: termination of dialogue between parliaments shows lack of qualifications among politicians

This was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma at a meeting with Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Finland Matti Vanhanen. The parties discussed the interaction of specialized committees of the two countries, in particular, in environmental issues and the forest industry

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin to hold a meeting with Speaker of the Parliament of Finland on March 2

Leonid Slutskiy said that the new US calls to impose sanctions against Russia are totally absurd

Earlier, the US senators appealed to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to impose new sanctions against the Russian Federation. The reason for the appeal is the information of the US intelligence that Russia allegedly "continues to hold large-scale and systematic meddling campaign" in the US election

Ivan Melnikov met with Ambassador of China Zhang Hanhui

On February 21, 2020, on behalf of the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov hela a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation Zhang Hanhui

Members of the State Duma proposed to discuss the creation of a model law on Cities of Labor Valour within the framework of the IPA CIS

The Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin announced that proposal, reacting to the suggestion of the head of the LDPR faction Vladimir Zhirinovskii, who said that the title "City of Labor Valour" may also be given to cities that were formerly part of the USSR

Russian delegation presented to the CSTO members a Declaration on the inadmissibility of revision of the results of World War II

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy announced that at the meeting of the heads of delegations of the CSTO member-states. "In our opinion, attempts to rewrite history are unacceptable, it is inappropriate to rewrite the results of the war after 75 years passed," he said

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma met with Chairman of the Board of the German-Russian Forum

Aleksandr Zhukov noted that the position of the German-Russian Forum, aimed at a constructive dialogue between the two countries, contributes to the development of relations between the Russian Federation and Germany

Viacheslav Volodin: the US has done nothing for the country's humanitarian sphere in 20 years of presence in Afghanistan

During the bilateral meeting of the Chairman of the State Duma and the Speaker of the House of the People of the National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mir Rahman Rahmani, the parties noted that the US presence in Afghanistan has not resolve issues in the social sphere of the country, though, the United States assumed responsibility for its security and peace