State Duma News

Joint Declaration of the ”Third Conference of Speakers of Parliaments on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity“

We, the Speakers and Heads of Delegations of the National Parliaments of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, holding the Third Conference of Speakers of Parliaments on the theme of “Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity” in Istanbul on 11-12 October 2019

Viacheslav Volodin: it is advantageous for the US to create tension points in Eurasia

According to the Chairman of the State Duma, this allows the United States to weaken the states of this region and violate their sovereignty

Viacheslav Volodin met with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

During the official reception, the President of Turkey talked with all participants of the 3rd Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity

Inga Iumasheva told what questions she was asked during her detention in the United States

Member of the Committee on International Affairs gave an interview to our website and explained the reasons why one should not lower to the level of the United States and deviate from the chosen course of stable and positive cooperation

State Duma will send an address to the leadership of the US Parliament in connection with the incident in New York

This was announced by Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy after the meeting of the Council of the State Duma. Also, according to him, the State Duma will cancel the planned trips of members of the State Duma to the United States for the near future, but there are no plans of reducing inter-parliamentary ties

Members of the State Duma suspend trips to the USA

Business trips will be suspended until the US authorities officially explain why the member of the State Duma Inga Iumasheva was interrogated by the FBI at the New York airport and apologize

Inga Iumasheva told about the FBI interrogation

On October 8, the member of the Committee on International Affairs returned to Russia from the United States and told what happened at the New York airport, she also thanked everyone who supported her, including ordinary Americans who apologized to her for what had happened

Leonid Kalashnikov: parliamentarians of Russia and Georgia find common ground even after serious crises

This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee on Issues of the CIS and Contacts with Fellow Countrymen following a meeting of the Russia-Georgia inter-parliamentary dialogue group. The issue of resumption of flights between the countries was also discussed at the meeting, according to the parliamentarian, this is possible to be done in the near future, but the safety of Russian citizens remains a priority

Chairman of the State Duma: if Ukraine had wanted stable development, it would never have come into conflict with Russia

In an interview with the TV channel Rossiya 24, the Chairman of the State Duma noted that, as a rule, such agenda of the double standards aimed at stopping the development of our country is initiated and further produced by the US satellite countries: the Baltic States, Poland, Ukraine, and Georgia

Leonid Slutskiy called the actions of US security services in relation to Inga Iumasheva illegal

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs reminded that Iumasheva is a member of the Committee of the State Duma on International Affairs and "has a diplomatic passport like all other deputies." “That is why I consider the hourly detention of Iumasheva by FBI officers to be absolutely illegal. The Russian Embassy in the United States has already filed a note of protest. We are waiting for reaction and explanations of the American authorities,” he concluded

Sergei Neverov: the US should provide clear explanations of the reasons for the detention of Inga Iumasheva

The head of the United Russia faction, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Neverov commented on the detention at the New York airport of the member of the State Duma Inga Iumasheva, who arrived to participate in the Fort Ross Dialogue forum

Viacheslav Volodin called the actions of the US security services against the member of the State Duma a cynical provocation

The Chairman of the State Duma commented on the detention at the New York airport of the member of the State Duma Inga Iumasheva, who arrived to participate in the Fort Ross Dialogue forum

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the signing by Kiev of ”Steinmeier Formula“

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that this is a positive signal, but only if Kiev is ready to follow this Formula. "We will see how Kiev will implement these agreements, and after that we will once again hope that the implementation of the Steinmeier Formula of the Minsk agreements will move towards implementation," the parliamentarian said

Sergei Neverov met with the delegation of Kazakhstan

On October 3, the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, the head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov held a meeting at the State Duma with the Deputy Chairman - Head of Secretariat of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (chaired by the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev) of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zhanseit Tuimebayev

Petr Tolstoy: we presented the facts, I hope we have been heard

The members of the Russian delegation during the debate at PACE on the recent protests in Moscow cited facts that the assembly members, who were speaking so emotionally against the "repression in Russia", as it turned out, simply did not know about. The head of the delegation, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy told that following the meeting