State Duma News

Leonid Slutskiy: we will use the parliamentary resource to resist attempts to interfere in the elections

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs also emphasized that this is “an absolutely timely measure, which should not be delayed for a minute”

Extraordinary meeting of the Council of the State Duma on foreign interference in the Russia’s internal affairs will be held on August 19

This was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. The Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasilii Piskarev was mandated to study the existing materials, analyze the situation and to present proposals to the Council of the State Duma to consider the facts of interference

Committee on Security and Corruption Control will request information on interference in the elections from law enforcement agencies

The Committee on Security and Corruption Control supports the initiative of the leaders of the factions to examine in detail who can stand behind the riots in Moscow and attempts to influence the course of the election campaign in Russia

The United Russia faction supported the proposal to investigate foreign interference in Russia's internal affairs

Representatives of the United Russia faction also supported the initiative of colleagues to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council of the State Duma, said first deputy head of the faction Andrey Isaev

Leonid Slutskiy commented on Donald Trump’s decree on freezing all Venezuelan government assets in the US

According to the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the decree of President of the USA Donald Trump on freezing all Venezuelan government assets in the US is "banditry and raiding". "Washington behaves as an extremely unreliable partner who, under far-fetched grounds, is engaged in pure robbery. Such actions are contrary to international law," said Leonid Slutskiy

Gennady Zyuganov proposed to hold a meeting of the State Duma Council on August 19 to discuss the issue of foreign interference in elections in Russia

According to the head of the Communist Party faction, it is necessary to create a commission to investigate the intervention of foreign forces in the Russian elections and find out who stands behind the provocations and who gives money for this

In August foreign diplomats will be asked to come to the State Duma to report on attempts to interfere in Russian elections

The head of the LDPR faction Vladimir Zhirinovskii called on "the harshest way" to respond to attempts of foreign interference in Russia's internal affairs

Sergei Mironov initiated an investigation of foreign interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation

The head of the Just Russia faction called to create a working group of the State Duma to analyze the facts of foreign interference in Russia's internal affairs, in particular, in the elections to be held in the fall. He proposed to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council of the State Duma to address this issue

Aleksei Chepa compared the attitude of the western countries to politics with computer games

Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Aleksei Chepa noted that “30-40 years ago politicians had a different vision on the threats of nuclear war, but now many “don’t feel, don’t become aware of the threat to humanity coming from any mistake if some kind of minimal conflict is created”

Members of the Committee on International Affairs met with the delegation of Vietnam

The parties discussed issues of Russian-Vietnamese relations at the interstate and inter-party level and reaffirmed their intentions to hold bilateral meetings at all levels more often, as well as continue to build mutually beneficial relations and friendship between Russia and Vietnam

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the termination of the INF Treaty

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that "the responsibility for breaking down the INF Treaty rests solely with the United States," and called "outright cynicism" attempts to transfer blame for the American unilateral withdrawal from the Treaty to Russia

State Duma treated the statement of colleagues from South Ossetia on the recognition of the genocide of South Ossetians in 1920 by Georgia with respect

Upon receipt of an appeal from the Parliament of the Republic of South Ossetia, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin instructed to submit it for consideration by the Council of the State Duma

Aleksandr Zhukov held a meeting with President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly

Aleksandr Zhukov and María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés discussed the importance of enhanced cooperation between Russia and the United Nations to strengthen the system of international law and address together challenges and threats

Member of the State Duma commented on the decision of the UK regulator to fine RT news channel

The vague accusation of violating the principle of impartiality and objectivity in addition to a very serious extrajudicial fine clearly shows political engagement of the British supervisory authority, as said Chairman of the Committee on Information Policy, Technologies and Communications Leonid Levin

Leonid Slutskiy: Russia is ready for attempts to challenge its credentials in PACE

Russia is ready that at the January session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2020, some countries will try to challenge the credentials of our delegation, and is working on it, said Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy. “We are ready for this, we are working with all political groups and most country delegations without exception,” he said