State Duma News

Viacheslav Volodin and Wolfgang Sobotka spoke about the prospects for the development of inter-parliamentary relations between Russia and Austria

Chairman of the State Duma and the President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria reported on plans to enhance cooperation between the two countries at the level of parliaments, and also responded to journalists’ questions

Wolfgang Sobotka: peace in Europe is possible only with Russia

Such a statement was made by the President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria during his speech at the plenary session of the State Duma, which took place after a bilateral meeting with Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

Wolfgang Sobotka: Russia is one of Austria’s most important partners at the parliamentary level

The President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria stated this during a meeting with Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. The parties discussed the development of inter-parliamentary relations, cultural exchange and economic relations between the countries

Pavel Zavalnyi: the issue of the implementation of the Nord Stream-2 project is a test for the adequacy of politicians

The Chairman of the Committee on Energy, the co-chairman of the Friendship Group with the German Bundestag announced this at a meeting with the coordinator of the CDU-CSU faction in the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, rapporteur of the faction on cooperation with Russia Roderich Kiesewetter

The State Duma appealed to the foreign parliaments and inter-parliamentary organizations in connection with the provocations of the Ukrainian authorities

According to members of the State Duma, the actions of the Ukrainian authorities, primarily the President of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko, and their Western patrons are aimed at aggravating the international situation in the Black Sea region and whole Europe

Viacheslav Nikonov: nobody will ever succeed in isolating Russia

Chairman of the Committee on Education and Science, member of the United Russia faction noted at his speech at the plenary meeting of the State Duma that the G20 summit was extremely successful for Russian foreign policy

Viacheslav Volodin: we do not understand why the actions of the Ukrainian President remain without an assessment of the European Parliament

Viacheslav Volodin, the Chairman of the State Duma, said this during a meeting with Rolandas Paksas, a member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chairman of the “Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy” group. The parties also discussed the situation in Ukraine and the key challenges of European and world politics

Viacheslav Volodin: it is our duty to inform the parliaments of Europe and Asia about the situation in Ukraine

After the meeting of the State Duma Council, the Chairman of the State Duma also announced that the Russian border guards, who heroically resisted the Ukrainian Navy in the Kerch Strait, will be awarded by the State Duma

Ivan Melnikov: it is a duty of parliamentarians to use all mechanisms to reduce conflict potential

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stressed that measures are needed for the legal regulation of the use of unmanned systems and robotic warfare, as well as the suppression of cyber-attacks against the population, ensuring the transparency of military-biological programs and regulating the activities of private military campaigns

The modern coat of arms of the Russian Federation celebrates its 25th anniversary

25 years ago, the modern Russian coat of arms was approved by Presidential Decree

Viacheslav Volodin will meet with head of the Austrian lower house of parliament Wolfgang Sobotka

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin will meet with President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka on December 5

Member of the State Duma commented on the cancellation of the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, believes that the cancellation of the meeting of the presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States is a “Twitter anti-diplomacy” and “a kind of PR move”

Leonid Slutskiy told about the upcoming visit of President of the French National Assembly to Russia

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs said that the visit of Richard Ferrand is “really under consideration”, it may be held in the spring of 2019. “We hope that the meetings of High Russian-French Interparliamentary Commission will be resumed at the same time,” he added

Sergei Zhelezniak: “Among European countries hope of preserving peace and stability in the region is increasingly associated with Russia”

A member of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the disagreement of the United States with its EU partners on anti-Russian sanctions demonstrates the depth of contradictions in Washington’s relations with leading European countries that have begun to realize that Ukraine is ready to destroy the entire system of collective security

Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic: there is no confidence in Petr Poroshenko

The Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Danko, stated that there is no confidence in the version of events in the Kerch Strait, voiced by President of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko, stressing that Slovakia is not going to immediately condemn the incident