State Duma News

The Committee on International Affairs supports the bill on the suspension of the INF Treaty

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy commented on the President’s bill on Russia's withdrawal from the INF Treaty submitted to the State Duma earlier today

The State Duma will review the President’s bill on the suspension of the INF Treaty on June 18

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin announced this at a plenary session. The bill will enter into force from the date of its official publication

Viacheslav Volodin: the State Duma Council will review the bill of the President of the Russian Federation on the suspension of the INF Treaty

The treaty was signed in Washington on December 8, 1987. According to the bill, the President is granted the right to decide on the renewal of the treaty

Leonid Slutskiy commented on political scandal in Austria

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy commented on the situation around the political scandal in Austria and noted that the Russian delegation will raise this issue at the meeting of the OSCE PA

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the situation in Kosovo

Leonid Slutskiy stressed that “legal confusion continues to rule in Kosovo, in the very heart of Europe, where lawlessness and criminal abuses continue to take place.” “I do not rule out that under the guise of allegedly fighting crime, the authorities of the self-proclaimed Kosovo were engaged in oppression against the Serbian population,” said the parliamentarian

Meeting of the Interparliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and Parliament of the Republic of Korea was opened

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin noted that “this is an important step in strengthening mutually beneficial partnership between our countries,” and the Commission takes the joint work of parliamentarians of Russia and the Republic of Korea to a new level

Viacheslav Volodin and Moon Hee-sang discussed the development of inter-parliamentary relations between Russia and the Republic of Korea

The Chairman of the State Duma and the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea discussed preparations for the Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries' Parliaments, which, according to Moon Hee-sang, is becoming an increasingly popular format in the world and proves the growing role of Russia in the world. In his turn, Viacheslav Volodin proposed holding a joint Russian-Korean forum on the development of the digital economy

Aleksei Chepa commented on the words of the European Parliament member on the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

The Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that “the fact that many MEPs understand the necessity of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow is very important.” He also believes that it is too early to draw conclusions whether the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and his supporters will listen to the calls from the European Parliament

Viacheslav Volodin on the elections to the European Parliament: blind support of the course imposed on the EU from overseas, anti-Russian attacks and provocations should become a thing of the past

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin commented on the elections to the European Parliament that took place on May 23-26. He noted that changes in the political setup reflected at the elections were caused by growing demand for reinforcement of the role of nation-states

Leonid Slutskiy: the past elections to the European Parliament seriously change the political landscape

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the results of the elections to the European Parliament that took place the day before. According to him, a record-high turnout that exceeded 50% for the first time in the last decades indicates an increase in the activity of both supporters of Euro-skeptics and European integration

Leonid Slutskiy commented on Theresa May's resignation

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the resignation of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the result of both the internal political and internal party crisis, and the situation with Brexit

Head of the International Committee Leonid Slutskiy met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić

The parties discussed the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as the actions of the unrecognized administration in Pristina

Chairman of the State Duma: a meeting of the high-level inter-parliamentary commission with Vietnam will be held already this year

During the meeting Viacheslav Volodin and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc discussed issues of further development of bilateral relations. The Chairman of the State Duma called for the abolition of visas between countries, urging to work on this as a matter of priority

Head of the Information Committee informed about the correction of the error with the representation of Crimea on Apple devices

The Russian representative office of Apple informed the heads of the relevant committees of the State Duma that Crimea and Sevastopol are displayed on maps applications of their mobile devices as the territory of Russia. Members of the State Duma promised to monitor compliance with the laws regarding the territorial integrity of the country

President of the Republic of the Congo addressed members of the State Duma

Denis Sassou Nguesso noted that issues on the international agenda are the area where the similarity of the positions of Russia and the Congo reflects a high degree of trust between the countries. Earlier, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin held a bilateral meeting with President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso