State Duma News

Leonid Slutskiy: the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump is a revenge of the Democrats

"The vote in the House of Representatives for the impeachment against Trump is the result of internal party confrontation and the revenge of the Democrats for the defeat in the 2016 presidential election," said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin met with PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier

On December 17, the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Liliane Maury Pasquier in Moscow. The conversation lasted more than two hours

Japan's statements on the Kuril Islands are a threat to Russia's territorial integrity and sovereignty

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin harshly responded to the call to declare the Kuril Islands the territory of Japan

Liability for training “intervention specialists” may be introduced

This issue was discussed at a meeting of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs. To date, Russian legislation has not established liability for participation in destructive foreign training

Members of the State Duma condemned the US bill on designation of Russia as ”a sponsor of terrorism“

Calling our country a “state sponsor of terrorism” is dishonorable and irresponsible, said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

Inter-parliamentary Commission of Russia and Vietnam discussed new areas of cooperation

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin supported the idea of creation of working groups in several new areas and said that the adoption of legislative decisions would entail a more active development of relations between the two countries

Viacheslav Volodin and Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân visited park Zaryadye

After a tour of the park, the Chairman of the State Duma and the Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam watched the film “Places of Preservation of Russia”, filmed by the Russian Geographical Society

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia and Vietnam have the potential for trade growth

The Chairman of the State Duma said that at a meeting with the Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. It was held before the first meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission of Russia and Vietnam

Natalia Poklonskaia told how Ukraine sees Crimea

Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs spoke at the International Conference in Serbia and informed that Kiev was well aware that most Crimean residents had voted to withdraw from Ukraine and reunite with Russia, and the realization of this fact causes the undisguised hatred of Ukrainian radicals in relation to the inhabitants of the peninsula

Anton Morozov met with Brian McElduff

Member of the Committee on International Relations discussed with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ireland the prospects for further development of relations between our countries, especially at the inter-parliamentary level

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the outcomes of negotiations between Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky

According to the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutskiy, the main result of the talks held in Paris between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine is the “unblocking” and restarting of the peace process in the Donbass

Parliamentarians called WADA’s decision “a way to force Russian competitors out of the global sport”

Members of the State Duma commented on the decision of the Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency to ban Russian officials, representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) from attending the Olympic and Paralympic Games for four years

Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Commission on Cooperation of the State Duma and the National Assembly of Vietnam to be held on December 11

In addition, a bilateral meeting of the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and the Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân is planned to be held on the same day

Viacheslav Nikonov met with the Iranian delegation

Viacheslav Nikonov noted the important role that the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran played in the field of culture, science, education, health and all that determines the intellectual potential of the Iranian nation

Members of the State Duma take part in the IX International Forum “Arctic: Today and the Future”

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on Regional Policy and Problems of North and Far East Valentina Pivnenko gave a speech at the opening meeting of the Forum. She noted the importance of the socio-economic, geopolitical and resource zone of the Arctic for Russia, drawing attention to the fact that the Arctic accounts for 11% of the country's GDP while the population of the Arctic zone is only 1.5% of all the population of the Russian Federation