July 25, 2019 Chairman of the State Duma: PACE should get rid of the stereotypes of the Cold War Chairman of the State Duma stated this, summing up the results of the 2019 spring session of the State Duma. He urged to abandon the PACE monitoring system
July 24, 2019 State Duma demanded a public apology from the President of Georgia Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin demanded President of Georgia Salomé Zourabichvili to apologize for the anti-Russian rhetoric. He stated this during an interview with the TV channel "Rossiya 24"
July 23, 2019 Dmitrii Novikov commented on the United States decision to impose sanctions against Iran “This is the preparation of US public opinion for possible aggressive actions against Iran. And this scenario is being consistently implemented, whether it is a provocation in the Gulf of Oman or these sanctions. Everything is too obvious,” noted the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs
July 22, 2019 Leonid Slutskiy: politicians who we can talk with appear in the Verkhovna Rada Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, commented on the elections to the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, which took place the day before. In particular, he noted that "now all responsibility for the fate of the Minsk agreements, first of all, their political part, falls on the new authority"
July 15, 2019 Members of the State Duma expressed their willingness for thorough discussion of relations with Georgia A meeting of the informal Russia-Georgia inter-parliamentary dialogue group was held in the State Duma, the meeting participants discussed inter-parliamentary cooperation in the political and humanitarian spheres, as well as the current state and prospects of relations between Moscow and Tbilisi
July 11, 2019 Leaders of the State Duma factions discussed key security threats Parliamentary hearings “Ensuring strategic stability in the context of a changing global security architecture: a parliamentary dimension” were held at the State Duma today. The participants discussed new global challenges and threats, Russia's role in strengthening international security, as well as the importance of developing the institutions of inter-parliamentary diplomacy
July 9, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: Vladimir Putin gives Georgia a chance The Chairman of the State Duma spoke in favor of maintaining the position of the State Duma on the need to impose special economic restrictive measures against Georgia
July 9, 2019 The State Duma to send a resolution on Georgia to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation today The Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin stressed that members of the State Duma believe that any manifestations of “hatred, intolerance and offensive words towards the leadership of our country, the President of the Russian Federation, the Russian state and our citizens” are inadmissible
July 9, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: decision of the UK Foreign Office to deny RT and Sputnik accreditations to Conference for Media Freedom is violation of the rights The Chairman of the State Duma commented on the situation when the British Foreign Office denied the Russian media RT and the Sputnik news agency accreditations to the Global Conference for Media Freedom, which opens in London on July 10, because of allegations against these media in spreading disinformation
July 9, 2019 The State Duma supported the imposition of sanctions against Georgia The relevant statement was supported by all factions of the State Duma. The decision to impose special economic restrictive measures on Georgia, where anti-Russian provocations continue to take place, has to be made by the President of the Russian Federation on the proposal of the Government of the Russian Federation
July 9, 2019 Why the world needs the development of parliamentarism: five tasks of inter-parliamentary dialogue Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin in the article in "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" wrote about the need to overcome the crisis of international law, to counter jountly global threats, and the resons why multipolarity requires parliamentary mechanisms for discussion
July 8, 2019 The State Duma to adopt a statement on the situation in Georgia The Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told about that after the meeting of the Council of the State Duma. In particular, members of the State Duma will propose to the Government of the Russian Federation to suspend import of Georgian wine and mineral water to Russia, as well as to ban remittances to Georgia. “We consider offends of our country, threats to our citizens, insults against our President, unacceptable,” stressed Viacheslav Volodin
July 8, 2019 The Council of the State Duma to discuss the imposition of restrictions on certain goods from Georgia According to parliamentarians, unfriendly actions against Russian citizens and Russia in Georgia should be adequately assessed. Members of the State Duma intend to propose suspending import of wine and mineral water from Georgia, as well as to limit remittances to this country
July 8, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: radicals in Georgia, whose goal is to overthrow the current government, need the conflict with Russia According to the Chairman of the State Duma, the tension will continue to be escalated by a group of radicals and their Western handlers, they expect to come to power that way
July 5, 2019 The State Duma considers the resolutions of national parliaments on lifting of anti-Russian sanctions important Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy called Speaker of the National Council of Slovakia Andrej Danko a courageous man and stressed that “such resolutions show the position of large number of the country's population, and that sooner or later it will have a positive reverse effect on Brussels"