State Duma News

Anton Morozov: ”Trump's words about the Golan Heights may aggravate the conflict in the Middle East“

Statement by US President Donald Trump on the sovereignty of Israel over the Golan Heights might aggravate the conflict in the Middle East, which will subsequently lead to the complete destruction of the state, believes the member of the Committee on International Affairs Anton Morozov

Ivan Melnikov met with leadership of the Vietnamese diaspora in Russia

During the meeting, the parties discussed issues of integration of Vietnamese that live in Russia, as well as problems of their adaptation

One history, one faith, one country: five years ago, the Crimea returned to Russia

Today, March 18, Russia celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Crimean Spring, the reunification of the Crimea with the Russian Federation

The Chairman of the State Duma urged to seek compensation from Ukraine in favor of Crimea

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin urged to oblige Ukraine to compensate the Crimea for losses for being its part

Aleksei Burnashov: Russia and Austria to enhance bilateral dialogue

Member of the State Duma, coordinator of the Russia-Austria parliamentary friendship group, Aleksei Burnashov commented on the results of the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria Karin Kneissl to Moscow

Petr Tolstoy: we will not tolerate any attempts to interfere in our internal affairs

The interests of Russian citizens, not European resolutions and recommendations, shall be a priority of not only domestic but also Russian foreign policy, the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma believes

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