State Duma News

A delegation of French politicians headed by Thierry Mariani will visit the Crimea on March 13–16

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the guests from France will take part in the celebrations on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the annexation of the peninsula to Russia

Vladimir Shamanov met with military attaches in the State Duma

The Chairman of the Committee on Defense gave an assessment of the situation in the world to foreign military attaches, and also assured that Russia does not intend to get involved in a “devastating” arms race and acts in full compliance with international treaties in matters of developing strategic weapons

Vasilii Piskarev discussed issues of countering the drug threat with the Iranian delegation

Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni, Secretary General the Drug Control Headquarters of Iran, stressed that Iran and Russia, who today are forced to resist the onslaught of international terrorism and drug crime, should actively exchange practical experience and develop cooperation

Vicheslav Volodin urged to bring to justice US Senator Ben Cardin

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin instructed the Committee on International Affairs to consider the issue of bringing to justice US Senator Ben Cardin for defamation of member of the State Duma Vladislav Reznik

Russia and Italy will pay particular attention to the digital economy

“Today we are trying to find ways to solve the issues of creating a favorable environment together for further development of new technologies, and the current experience of Russia and Italy in this field will help us to take these steps together,” said Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin, opening the meeting of the High Russian-Italian Inter-Parliamentary Commission

Roberto Fico: Italian parliamentarians advocate return of the Russian delegation to PACE

President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Italian Republic Roberto Fico spoke at the plenary session after a bilateral meeting with the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

Viacheslav Volodin named one of the priorities of relations between Russia and Italy

"Issues of humanitarian cooperation and cultural exchanges are one of the priorities of our mutual decisions," said the Chairman of the State Duma during a bilateral meeting with President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament Roberto Fico. The parties also discussed the development of inter-parliamentary interaction and economic cooperation

Leonid Slutskiy called the Presidential Decree on the suspension of the INF Treaty as a forced and symmetrical measure

At the same time, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stressed that this is not about Russia’s withdrawal from the treaty, the Russian Federation is only “freezing its obligations under the INF Treaty”

Viacheslav Volodin met with President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

The meeting participants exchanged views on the Russia-US relations, discussed the humanitarian projects, as well as the possibility of intensifying contacts between the State Duma and the US Congress

Viacheslav Volodin: Russian delegation will ask to assess the situation in Venezuela at the session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin announced this at a meeting with Executive Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez. The parties discussed the situation in the Republic, stressing the importance of observing the norms of international law and the principles of non-interference in the affairs of sovereign states

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the results of the second USA-DPRK summit

The summit showed that "issues of North Korean settlement shall not be left only to Washington alone," said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs

Member of the State Duma commented on the statement of Andrzej Duda about the expansion of the US military presence in Poland

Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Aleksei Chepa stated that “this is another unfriendly step of Poland towards Russia.” “The decision will only aggravate the already difficult relationship, complicate the entire geopolitical situation not only in Poland but also in Europe in general,” the parliamentarian said

Vasilii Piskarev: Russian and Chinese parliamentarians agreed to share experience in combating cyberterrorism

According to the Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control, “we need to cooperate with Chinese partners because we have something to learn from each other so that we can use the best practices”

Sergei Gavrilov took part in the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

The parliamentarian also met with the leadership of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. The participants of the meeting discussed issues of disarmament, non-deployment of medium-range and short-range missiles in Europe, protection of the rights of Christians, in particular, in Ukraine

Petr Tolstoy: non-admission of Russian observers to the presidential elections in Ukraine violates OSCE principles

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, the head of the Russian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly made this statement during the meeting of the Standing Committee of the OSCE PA in Vienna