State Duma News

The specialized committee believes that the Japanese are deliberately politicizing the situation around the Kuriles

Anton Morozov, a member of the Committee on International Affairs, said that acting this way the Japanese are trying to strengthen their bargaining positions prior to the meeting of President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe. At the same time, the member of the State Duma stressed that for the Russian society and Russian politicians the very question of revising the jurisdiction over the Kuril Islands is unacceptable

Members of the State Duma commented on the inclusion of ”GRU officers“ in the EU sanctions list

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, said that the new sanctions of the European Union "named after Petrov and Boshirov" are absolutely illegal and do not fit any logic. Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a member of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control, believes that "the EU continues to use high offices and famous names so that anti-Russian sanctions remain in the top news headlines"

2019年1月17日の国家院総会での ロシア議会下院国際委員会第１副委員長ドミトリー・ノヴィコフ （ロシア連邦共産党派閥）のスピーチより

2019年1月17日の国家院総会でのロシア自由民主党党首のウラジーミル・ジリノフスキーのスピーチより

Gennady Zyuganov: any attempt to cede the Kuril Islands is a threat to national security of Russia

The leader of the Communist Party faction said about that to parliamentary journalists. In his words, “we don’t want a foreign land, but we will not give up an inch of our own land. We must commit ourselves to that position”

Sergei Gavrilov: Bashar Al-Assad is interested in sharing of experience with Russia in development of civil society

President of Syria believes that “a civil society based on the unity of Islam and Christianity will be able to overcome the consequences of the war,” explained the Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations after the meeting of the Russian delegation with Bashar Al-Assad

Members of the State Duma commented on the completion of WADA work in the Moscow laboratory

On Thursday, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Craig Reedie, announced the completion of the work of WADA experts in the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory and said that the next step would be verification of the authenticity of the data

Parliamentarians discussed the experience of development of the civil society with the Speaker of the Syrian Parliament

Russian parliamentarians met with Speaker of the People’s Council of the Syrian Arab Republic Hammouda Sabbagh in Syria. Members of the State Duma gave him a brief overview of the legislative initiatives adopted by the State Duma and aimed at regulating the movement of volunteers, the activities of socially oriented NGOs, and ensuring the protection of human rights

Dmitrii Novikov took part in the inauguration ceremony of the President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro

Nicolás Maduro sworn in as President after the victory in elections held on May 20, 2018. The inauguration ceremony was held in the building of the Supreme Court of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Delegations from many countries of the world, including the heads of Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia and El Salvador, arrived in Venezuela to take part in the ceremony. Besides the Russian and Belarusian delegations, the Presidents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia took part in the events in Caracas

Sergei Neverov: we will not allow putting Russia into a corner like a naughty child

The head of the United Russia faction noted that, voting for the decision not to participate in the PACE session, the faction proceeds precisely from considerations of democracy and respect for the rights of parliaments and states represented in the Assembly: depriving of the Russian delegation to PACE of the right of vote contradicts international law, the Statute of the Council of Europe and the very nature of parliamentarism

Olga Epifanova told how women's entrepreneurship is developing in Russia

During her presentation at the Second Plenary Meeting of the 27th session of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum, the Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma noted that special educational and outreach programs that help to master digital tools are being created for women entrepreneurs-beginners

Petr Tolstoy: the decision on PACE is the most important event on the foreign policy agenda of the Russian parliament

According to the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, until the Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly are changed and brought in line with the Statute of the Council of Europe, which proclaims the equal rights of all 47 states in this organization, Russia will not return to this Assembly

Vladimir Zhirinovskii: the Kuril Islands will always remain part of Russia

This statement was made by the head of the LDPR faction during the plenary session of the State Duma

Statement of the State Duma “On the Situation around Russian Participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe”

At today's plenary meeting, members of the State Duma adopted a statement on the non-participation of the delegation of the Russian Federation in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2019. The parliamentarians stressed that they had made such a decision in the interests of the citizens of the Russian Federation and the Russian state

The State Duma will not send delegation to PACE

The Russian Federation will also not make contributions to the budget of the Council of Europe in 2019. As Viacheslav Volodin said, these decisions are made only in the interests of Russian citizens