State Duma News

The Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State was held in Moscow

Council members discussed the agenda of the plenary session of the 55th session of the Parliamentary Assembly, key issues are abolition of roaming in the Union State and the draft budget of the Union State for 2019

Russia and Japan signed a Memorandum on Parliamentary Cooperation

The document was signed by coordinator of the Interparliamentary Group on Interaction with the Parliament of Japan Yevgenii Shulepov and chairman of the Japan-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Association Ichiro Aisawa. The delegation of the State Duma headed by First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov is visiting Tokyo

The State Duma called the decision of Ukrainian authorities to mark the Stepan Bandera’s birthday a desecration

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that, stressing that “the establishment of a national holiday in Ukraine to celebrate the birthday of Stepan Bandera is a desecration of the memory of all those who were killed by Ukrainian nationalists.” “Bandera’s supporters were real henchmen of Hitler's fascists,” he recalled

The bill on security organization at international sports events was adopted

The law expands the powers of the President of the Russian Federation to ensure integral security at international sports events in Russia. Possible restrictions include the establishment of controlled or restricted areas, restrictions on entry or temporary stay of citizens, vehicles, and prohibition of trafficking in weapons, ammunition, explosives and others

The State Duma will request information on Russian-Japanese talks on the Kuril Islands from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Committee on International Affairs is supposed to address the Ministry. A group of members of the CPRF faction initiated to adopt relevant protocol commitment. “We got the commitment, will consider it and later inform the Chamber about the results”, - Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy said

Members of the State Duma continued to fight for the rights of Aydemir Aileen Sufia during their visit to Ankara

Member of the State Duma Committee on Issues of the CIS and Contacts with Fellow Countryman Kazbek Taisaev stated that the goal of the delegation’s visit to Turkey was the implementation of measures aimed at protection of the rights of a minor Russian citizen. This goal was achieved. The parliamentarians clearly indicated their position to the Turkish colleagues and stated that they “will definitely achieve the reunion of a minor Russian citizen with her mother and sister”

Measures to counter foreign interference in Russian elections have been introduced

If an international or foreign non-governmental organization tries to influence the will of Russian citizens, it will be considered undesirable and should immediately cease its activities

State Duma intends to send an appeal to the OSCE PA because of persecution of the Ukrainian clergy

This was stated by Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. He stressed that the State Duma may consider a special procedure for obtaining citizenship by Ukrainian clergy who become victims of the faith. According to him, the Ukrainian authorities are grossly violating constitutional principles

Chairman of the State Duma: PACE has become a hostage in the hands of extreme radicals

Radically minded Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic countries with the active support of the United States and the United Kingdom actually impose their opinions on the entire Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said Viacheslav Volodin in an interview to the program “Tolstoy. Sunday"

Chairman of the State Duma and Chairman of the House of Representatives of Libya signed an agreement on cooperation

Viacheslav Volodin and Aguila Saleh also discussed issues of cooperation between the two countries as counter-terrorism and enhancing security, as well as the prospects for the Russian-Libyan inter-parliamentary dialogue

Mikhail Degtiarev will address the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the incident in Austria

The Head of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Affairs noted that the incident occurred just prior to the second stage of the Biathlon World Cup just in order to destabilize our team

Viacheslav Volodin: the European Parliament’s decision on Nord Stream-2 was made under US pressure

According to the Chairman of the State Duma, "on the eve of the upcoming elections to the European Parliament, European voters should think about whose interests their representatives uphold in this European structure"

Border guards who stopped provocations in the Kerch Strait were awarded Honorary Citations of the State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin stressed that "the border guards stopped an attempt to unleash an armed conflict in our territorial waters in full compliance with the norms of international law"

Leonid Slutskiy: partial lifting of sanctions clauses in PACE will not solve problems in relations with Russia

The head of the Committee on International Affairs called a partial prohibition on depriving a right to vote a half-measure in order to ensure the legitimacy of the election of Council of Europe officials and judges of the ECHR. The member of the State Duma believes that if the possibility of depriving national delegations of the right to vote in PACE maintains the principles of parliamentarism will be violated

Members of the State Duma commemorated Andrei Karlov

The Russian Ambassador to Turkey died tragically in Ankara on December 19, 2016. A group of Russian parliamentarians visits Ankara to discuss the situation with a Russian girl, whose father, a Turkish citizen, has illegally been holding her in the country for seven years