State Duma News

Leonid Slutskiy: Washington wants to realize its foreign policy tasks using a few recourses and bearing in mind only its needs

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the intention of the US Congress to increase military assistance to Ukraine to $250 million in 2020 fully complies with the American task of securing Ukraine in its sphere of influence, and the main goal of this is “to preserve Kyev’s anti-Russian policy without any possible constructive changes after the arrival of the new administration"

Evgenii Primakov: Healthy economic relationships with the East can be just as profitable as with Europe

A member of the Committee on International Affairs believes that "this is not a choice of “either or." He noted that China is a huge market, “and it’s really beneficial for us to cooperate with it”

Chairman of the relevant Committee commented on words of Ukrainian Foreign Minister about reaction to Russia’s return to PACE

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the promises of the Ukrainian Foreign Minister "not to make formal polite gestures" towards PACE if the Russian delegation returns to Strasbourg is blackmail, which "is hardly able to impress anyone"

Viacheslav Volodin expressed hope that the political situation in Moldova will be resolved

The Chairman of the State Duma is confident that the legitimately elected authorities of the Republic will support the development of Moldova within the principles of the supremacy of law, democracy and respect for the choice of citizens

Sergei Neverov: elections in Kazakhstan are held at a high organizational level

Members of the State Duma participate as international observers at the elections of the President of Kazakhstan

Chairman of the State Duma said that the sanctions will not affect fulfillment of the state's obligations to citizens

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin in an interview to the TV channel "Russia 1" at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum-2019 said that no matter who imposed sanctions against Russia, the authorities will be able to deal with this situation and fulfill all its obligations to citizens

Russia is waiting for concrete steps to cease hostilities in southeastern Ukraine

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told this in an interview with the TV channel Russia 1 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum-2019

Chairman of the State Duma and deputies took part in the gala evening on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and China

The event took place in the Bolshoi Theater after the talks between the leaders of the two countries that were held earlier at the Kremlin

Leonid Slutskiy: prolongation of sanctions will not be able to influence the reunification of Crimea with Russia

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, commented on the information that appeared in the media about the decision of the EU Permanent Representatives to extend the anti-Russian sanctions on Crimea for another year

Representatives of the State Duma will start consultations with the PACE leadership on guarantees of equal rights of national delegations on June 10

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists that Deputy Chairman of the state Duma Petr Tolstoy and Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy will attend these meetings

Leonid Slutskiy told when the relevant committee will consider a bill on suspension of the INF Treaty

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy stressed that Russia has never violated the INF Treaty, moreover, “we have repeatedly suggested American partners ensuring that it was true in practice, but all the arguments of the Russian side were ignored”

Svetlana Zhurova: abolition of visas between Russia and Japan will strengthen relations between the countries

First Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova commented on the statement of Russian Minister Foreign Sergey Lavrov about an initiative of a visa-free travel regime between Moscow and Tokyo. According to the parliamentarian, such step will help to increase tourist flows

Leadership of the Communist Party faction met with a delegation of the Brazilian Workers’ Party

During the meeting, issues of interstate, inter-parliamentary and inter-party cooperation between the two countries were discussed

Viacheslav Volodin: before applying for participation in the PACE June session, we will hold consultations with all factions

The Chairman of the State Duma stressed that "we are in favor of dialogue but it should be on an equal footing. We will analyze all the risks and decide"

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the decision of the PACE regulatory committee to change the sanctions mechanisms

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, stated that the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure decided to recommend to remove from the sanctions mechanisms applied to national delegations the right to speak, the right to be represented in the Assembly and the right to vote