State Duma News

Sergei Zhelezniak: we are ready to grant citizenship to those who decided with good intentions to become part of our state

Providing a possibility of obtaining citizenship and relevant rights to residents of Donbass, Russia does not violate any international norms, strictly follows federal legislation and interstate agreements, a member of the Committee on International Affairs Sergey Zhelezniak stressed

Viacheslav Volodin: Presidential Decree on the citizenship of the Russian Federation for Donbass residents complies with international law

The Chairman of the State Duma also noted that the decision of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has human nature and is aimed at protection of the rights of citizens living on these territories

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the upcoming meeting of the leaders of the Russian Federation and the DPRK

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that these negotiations are very important for the solution of the North Korean problem

Main facts about the Council of Legislators of the Russian Federation

Sergei Neverov met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kuwait

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma noted the importance of developing inter-parliamentary contacts between the two countries, as well as strengthening cooperation in the energy and investment spheres. Representatives of all factions of the State Duma attended the meeting

Viacheslav Volodin: the election results in Ukraine show the failure of Poroshenko’s policy

According to the Chairman of the State Duma, the results of voting in Ukraine is an assessment of the inability of Petro Poroshenko to build constructive relations with Russia

Members of the State Duma commented on the presidential elections in Ukraine

According to the head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov, it is important for Vladimir Zelensky to resume dialogue on the Donbas within the framework of the Minsk process. Leonid Slutskiy, in his turn, urged to be careful in assessing the new President of Ukraine

Leonid Slutskiy on the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka: the Russian side will provide all necessary support

Commenting on the tragedy, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs also noted that "terrorism is a world evil, which we should fight together"

Members of the State Duma believe that Russia and Japan should more intensively use the large potential of cooperation to resolve controversial issues

It is important that the heads of Russia and Japan maintain the constructive tone of the negotiations and demonstrate their readiness to develop the dialogue, says a member of the Committee on International Affairs Sergei Zhelezniak. He clarified that the key condition for the conclusion of a peace treaty is still the full recognition of the outcome of World War II, including Russia's sovereignty over the Kuril Islands by the Japanese side

Emomali Rahmon noted the importance of inter-parliamentary ties for the development of relations between Russia and Tajikistan

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with the President of Tajikistan, where issues of cooperation between the two states, including in the field of economics, security and education, were discussed

Members of the State Duma called Notre-Dame de Paris fire a tragedy for world culture

This fire should serve as a lesson for all countries, especially for Russia, a member of the Committee on Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs, Dmitrii Svishchev said. He believes that it is necessary to understand the reasons why it happened, and to prevent from happening again

Members of the State Duma: it is possible that a “road map” for resolving the Russian-PACE crisis would be developed until the end of May

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, noted that "the resolution on Tiny Kox’s report that was adopted last week allows to develop a roadmap for resolving the crisis in Russia's relations with PACE"

Members of the State Duma visited the DPRK

The parliamentary delegation consisted of representatives of four parliamentary parties: the CPRF faction was represented by Kazbek Taisaev, who heads the parliamentary group on relations with the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly; Andrei Kuzmin from Liberal Democratic Party faction, Fedot Tumusov from Just Russia faction. The delegation was led by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, the head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and President of the Omani Council of State discussed the settlement of the Syrian crisis

During the meeting Sergei Neverov noted that "the approaches of our countries on key problems of the Middle East and international relations are close. Our countries are in favor of resolving the conflicts and crisis situations remaining in the Middle East by political means"

Petr Tolstoy called the PACE resolution an ultimatum

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the adopted PACE resolution calls for return of the Russian delegation, but provides no guarantees