State Duma News

Anton Morozov: Russia will not negotiate with pretenders either in Venezuela or in any other country

Member of the Committee on International Affairs recalled that Nicolás Maduro is still the head of Venezuela according to the international law. The parliamentarian also noted that there is an obvious US interest in deterioration of interaction between Russia and Venezuela

Svetlana Zhurova: “Abe’s harsh statement on the southern Kuril Islands speaks of his disagreement with Putin’s position”

The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe, could make a statement on the spread of Japan’s sovereignty over all the territories of the Southern Kuriles demonstrating his disagreement with the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin on this issue, believes the First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs. According to her, Russia will negotiate within the framework of international law, nothing more, and the territories will remain ours

Leonid Slutskiy: resolution of the European Parliament is a gross violation of the international law norms

Thus, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the resolution of the European Parliament on recognition of Juan Guaidó as the legitimate President of Venezuela

The Chairman of the State Duma and the President of the Italian Senate spoke in favor of developing relations between the two countries

Viacheslav Volodin and Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati discussed the inter-parliamentary interaction between Russia and Italy and the development of relations in the economic, cultural, educational and other spheres. "Inter-parliamentary cooperation in this regard can and should play a big role," said the President of the Senate of Italy

Member of the State Duma commented on the prospects of signing a peace treaty with Japan

According to Sergei Zhelezniak, a member of the Committee on International Affairs, “we have a great potential for resolving controversial issues, and each new summit gives an additional positive impetus to bilateral relations between Russia and Japan, bringing the likelihood of a peace treaty closer”. The parliamentarian believes that a peace treaty is necessary to bring Russian-Japanese relations to a new level

Leonid Slutskiy: PACE resolution on the incident in the Kerch Strait is of an anti-Russian character

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, «the Assembly, where we are not present, takes the decision of an anti-Russian character at the suggestion of those who were behind all this provocation in the Kerch Strait in December.” “All the populist clichés and assessments of the incident in the Kerch Strait, which have already been repeatedly heard from the western curators of Kiev, are generally caricatured by the PACE,” he believes

Elena Panina: Venezuela is on the brink of civil war

“The situation is developing according to a well-known scenario [...]. There took place the organization of subversive acts by part of the political elite bribed with American money and illegally proclaimed itself the new leadership of the country,” noted a member of the Committee on International Affairs. “All these actions are nothing less than political terrorism,” said the parliamentarian

Head of the International Committee Leonid Slutskiy commented on events in Venezuela

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, believes that the United States is behind the attempt to overthrow the legitimate President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. The United States continues the policy of external pressure and interference in the affairs of sovereign states, but only the people of Venezuela must decide who will be the head of state, the parliamentarian stressed

Sergei Neverov discussed with the delegation of the Republic of Korea the development of inter-parliamentary cooperation

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov invited colleagues from the Republic of Korea to discuss the idea of creating an inter-parliamentary commission, which would enable the development of cooperation between the two countries within the parliamentary dimension

Leonid Slutskiy: “The results of the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe show the intensification of Russian-Japanese contacts”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the outcome of the meeting of President of Russia and Prime Minister of Japan held in Moscow on January 22

Mikhail Degtiarev: ”Confirmation of RUSADA compliance status is one more step towards the completion of this long-running history”

The Chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs commented on the decision of the WADA Executive Committee on the status of RUSADA saying that the decision was fair as the Russian side has done a lot of work in the fight against doping

Ivan Melnikov met with the new Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus

On Tuesday, January 22, the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov met with the new Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Vladimir Semashko

The Chairman of the State Duma ordered to appeal the US sanctions against Vladislav Reznik after he was cleared by a Spanish court

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, was instructed to file a claim to the US Senator from Maryland, Ben Cardin, "to demand that he withdraw all initiatives and apologize to Vladislav Reznik"

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"