State Duma News

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

Leonid Slutskiy: detention of Igor Kucheryavy is political revenge

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that "Kiev continues to hunt for Crimean people who refused to recognize the unconstitutional coup in 2014 and submit to the bloody junta of Poroshenko." That’s what he commented on the detention of the member of United Russia by the Security Service of Ukraine

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Germany

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy expressed his confidence that the Russian side will respond “adequately and symmetrically, in accordance with existing diplomatic practice”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs told about denial of visas to the United States

According to the Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy, new obstacles are being created for Russian representatives who go to the United States to participate in international events

Leonid Slutskiy: Russia will raise the issue of violation of the rights of national minorities in Ukraine in PACE

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that violation of the rights of national minorities in Ukraine requires the close attention of the international community. He thinks that “the PACE reaction will be an indicator of the true support for democracy and European values”

Vasilii Piskarev met with the Director of the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan

Vasilii Piskarev and Sherkhon Salimzoda agreed to continue bilateral contacts to improve the effectiveness of efforts of the two countries in combating drug trafficking

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma commented on the disruption of a speech of a Crimean deputy in the UN by Ukraine

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy called the actions of the Ukrainian delegation hooligan antics, and Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Natalia Poklonskaia said that something unimaginable happened during his speech

Iaroslav Nilov talked about measures of social support in Russia after the ratification of the Convention No. 102

Chairman of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs took part in the Global Social Protection Week in Geneva. He noted that in Russia “constant dialogue with trade unions, employers, the government, as well as with other interested parties was established with the direct participation of ILO specialists”

Elena Panina about doping-scandal: to seek an explanation of what is happening in just sports sphere is naive

“The CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Travis Tygart, advocated the complete ban of Russian athletes from participation in the Olympic Games. The sanctions proposed by the WADA Compliance Committee are not enough for him, he needs to destroy the Russian sport, as a whole. This is the case when private interests are mixed with big politics,” said the member of the Committee on International Affairs