October 9, 2019 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
October 8, 2019 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
October 8, 2019 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
October 7, 2019 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
October 7, 2019 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
October 6, 2019 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
October 6, 2019 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
October 4, 2019 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
October 4, 2019 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
October 3, 2019 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
October 2, 2019 Leonid Slutskiy: French President Emmanuel Macron could not avoid double standards in his speech at PACE “He used them when spoke about his assessment of the exchange of detained persons between Russia and Ukraine, we heard praises about the release of Oleg Sentsov, but he did not say a word was about the political prisoner of the regime of Petro Poroshenko, Kirill Vyshinsky. And in the assessment of the Moscow riots, which are persistently interpreted in the West as crackdown on peaceful protests," said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs
October 2, 2019 Closed hearings on Russia were held at a meeting of PACE Monitoring Committee The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy spoke about that. According to him, "many of the participants of the hearings agreed that the rapporteurs, who are expected to visit Russia in October, should show a true picture. We are ready to receive them more than once to provide full opportunity to explore all Russian realities in as many details as possible"
October 1, 2019 Members of the State Duma attended a reception at the Chinese Embassy The First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Chairman of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society Ivan Melnikov, who coordinates Russian-Chinese inter-parliamentary relations, delivered a welcoming speech
September 27, 2019 Commission on Foreign Interference in Internal Affairs completed investigation into Deutsche Welle case The Chairman of the Commission Vasilii Piskarev said that the parliamentarians found evidence of violation of a number of Russian laws by the German broadcasting company Deutsche Welle. The materials of the Commission will be sent to law enforcement agencies, Roskomnadzor, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
September 26, 2019 The results of the meeting of the Inter-parliamentary Commission of Russia and China have been summarized The Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told about the agreements reached by the parliaments during the visit of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China Li Zhanshu to Russia
