State Duma News

Specified committee commented on the situation around Russian citizen arrested in the US Maria Butina

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, assured that the money needed to pay for lawyers for the Russian citizen would be definitely found

CSTO PA Council meeting was held in Bishkek

Viacheslav Volodin chaired the meeting of CSTO PA Council. The agenda includes discussion of the situation in the regions adjacent to the CSTO area of responsibility, measures of addressing the challenges and threats to collective security, as well as the approximation of the legislation of the CSTO member states

Viacheslav Volodin held a number of bilateral meetings after a meeting of the CSTO PA Council

Bilateral meetings of the Chairman of the State Duma with the Chairman of Majlisi Namoyandagon of Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Deputy President of the National Assembly of Serbia took place on the sidelines of the CSTO PA Council meeting that was held today in Bishkek

Next meeting of the CSTO PA will be held in Yerevan

The capital of the Republic of Armenia Yerevan will hold the next meeting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly. Such decision was taken today at the meeting of the organization’s Council in Bishkek

Sergei Pospelov appointed Acting Executive Secretary of the CSTO PA

Such proposal of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin was supported by the Council of the CSTO PA on Monday, May 20. Its meeting was held in Bishkek

Chairmen of the State Duma and the Kazakhstani Mazhilis discussed the preparation for the 4th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin informed Viacheslav Volodin that the participation of speakers and parliamentarians from more than 60 countries is expected this year

Members of the State Duma will observe elections of the President of Kazakhstan

A delegation of the State Duma will visit Kazakhstan to observe the elections of the President of the country, Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin said

Chairman of the State Duma called the dynamics of the development of Russia-Kyrgyzstan inter-parliamentary cooperation as positive

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told about it in an interview with the Kyrgyz TV Channel “Public First Channel”

CSTO PA Council will discuss Armenia’s initiative to hold a meeting of the organization in Yerevan

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin stated this during a bilateral meeting with President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan

Chairman of the State Duma called for the intensification of cooperation with Kyrgyzstan on educational projects

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin called for increased interaction with Kyrgyzstan in the area of education, pointing out that Russia is ready to work on the issues of specialists training and preparation of Russian language textbooks for citizens of the republic coming to the country

Viacheslav Volodin: trade between Russia and Kyrgyzstan grew by 17 percent

The Chairman of the State Duma announced this at a meeting with Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Dastan Jumabekov in Bishkek on May 19

Delegation of the State Duma headed by Viacheslav Volodin arrived in Kyrgyzstan

Parliamentarians will participate in the events of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a number of bilateral meetings of the Chairman of the State Duma is planned

Viacheslav Volodin: we will decide on the application to PACE based on the interests of our citizens and our country

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin commented on the statement of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the equality of all delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Head of the International Committee commented on the statement of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, believes that the statement of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe "does not yet contain a major breakthrough in terms of resolving the crisis in Russia’s interaction with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe"

Member of the State Duma commented on the new Ukrainian sanctions against Russia

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy doubts that the imposition of new sanctions by Ukraine will seriously affect Russian economy, and believes that “the outgoing Ukrainian government makes it worse only for its own country”