State Duma News

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

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

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"

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

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

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

Parliamentarians of Russia and China intend to counter interference in the internal affairs of the countries together

The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China Li Zhanshu at a meeting with Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin said that the United States is trying to drive a wedge between the Russian Federation and China, and is also strengthening interference in the internal affairs of our countries

Russia and China to develop inter-parliamentary relations in digital economy

The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China Li Zhanshu made a proposal to enhance scientific, technical and interregional cooperation at a meeting with the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

Viacheslav Volodin: parliamentarians of Russia and China should do everything to increase trade turnover

The Chairman of the State Duma at a meeting with the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China Li Zhanshu noted the positive dynamics of relations between our states, including in the economy

Olga Timofeeva: parliamentary diplomacy helps to address important issues

She stated that commenting the results of the meeting of the Legal and Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation held in Sochi. Delegates from eight countries located around Black Sea discussed issues of the development of transport infrastructure

Viacheslav Volodin: Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments is a response to the request for dialogue

The Chairman of the State Duma emphasized that parliamentarians needed a real effective format of interaction, and the Meeting became such a platform

Chairman of the State Duma and a member of the UK House of Lords discussed the need to restore ties between the parliaments of the two countries

Viacheslav Volodin noted that the meeting held on the sidelines of the 4th Meeting of Speakers of the Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments is the first contact of the Russian and UK parliamentarians in a long time

Full text of the statement following the 4th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

The 4th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments was held in Nur-Sultan on September 24. The delegation of the State Duma led by Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin participated in it

The 5th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments to be held in Indonesia

This is stated in the Statement adopted at the 4th Meeting of Speakers, which was held in Nur-Sultan

Leonid Slutskiy: the US unduly and treacherously abuse its right

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the situation with delay in the issuance of US visas for part of the Russian delegation to the 74th session of the UN General Assembly is a deliberate provocation