State Duma News

The State Duma called the words of US congressmen to impose sanctions against the Russian authorities a blatant interference in Russian affairs

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the appeals of the Chairman and eldest republican of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Eliot Engel and Michael McCaul, “once again confirm of the correctness of the decision of the State Duma to create a special Commission to investigate the facts of foreign interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation”

Parliamentarians consider it necessary to conduct a dialogue on interference only on the territory of our country

Commenting on the invitation of the head of the General Management of Deutsche Welle to visit Bonn or Berlin for talks, the head of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev told parliamentary reporters that “all the issues that the Commission reviews relate to Russia, not Germany," and the dialogue must be conducted on the territory of the Russian Federation

Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs will invite US Ambassador and Deutsche Welle heads

The Commission will send an invitation to the US ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, to explain why the official social media accounts of the diplomatic mission posted information about the route of the unauthorized rally in Moscow. The second invitation will also be sent to the heads of the Deutsche Welle broadcasting company

Deutsche Welle's head office assumed responsibility for publication of the Moscow office

Head of General Management of Deutsche Welle Johannes Hoffmann stated that in the letter to the Chairman of the Commission of the State Duma on the investigation of the foreign states' interference in the Russia's internal affairs Vasilii Piskarev

Vasilii Piskarev: Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in the Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation is waiting for an explanation from the US Ambassador Huntsman

As he emphasized, "the Commission still has questions to Mr. Huntsman, despite his explanations in the mass media"

Viacheslav Volodin: State Duma members will continue to work on countering terrorism, including on international platforms

On September 3, Russia commemorates Day of Solidarity in the fight against terrorism

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin will visit Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in September

Interregional cooperation and strengthening global security will be the main topics of inter-parliamentary meetings and events of the State Duma in the fall session

Delegation of the State Duma paid a visit to Slovakia

The State Duma delegation headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy took part in the celebrations dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Slovak national liberation uprising against fascist occupation

Adalbi Shkhagoshev: Georgian President has softened her tone towards Russia

First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction, member of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control emphasized that Russia was ready to resume relations, which it had never ruined. He believes that only after apologies for Russophobic sentiments it is possible to take next steps

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the release of Kirill Vyshinsky

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy hopes that the “constructive approach of the new Kiev authorities [shown in the case of the head of RIA Novosti Ukraine –Editor’s Note] will be projected into other areas of relations with Russia”

Head of the International Committee informed that meetings with US congressmen and senators have not been planned in Moscow

Commenting on the statement of the US Senator Ron Johnson that he was denied Russian visa, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy emphasized that at the moment there is no information about the visit of the US Congress delegation to Russia, which the Senator referred to

Observers from the State Duma did not find any irregularities in the election of the President of Abkhazia

This was reported to journalists by First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Issues of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Contacts with Fellow Countryman Konstantin Zatulin. He leads a delegation of State Duma observers. The parliamentarian pointed out that the elections were not accompanied by any irregularities

Head of the International Committee called the second round of Skripals-related US sanctions the next wave of a massive anti-Russian provocation

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy reminded that recently Scotland Yard was forced to admit that it could not find evidence of Russian involvement in the so-called poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal

Vasilii Piskarev told about the tasks of the new Commission of the State Duma

The first meeting of the Commission on the investigation of the foreign states' interference in the Russia's internal affairs was held in the State Duma. It will analyze and study data on foreign interference in the internal affairs of our country, as well as defend Russia's sovereignty on international platforms

Leonid Slutskiy: G7 steps to contain and isolate our country will ultimately lead to nothing

According to the Chairman of the Committee, if Russia receives an invitation to participate in the G7 summit in 2020, the event’s agenda and ensuring of the equal rights of all parties should be considered