Slutsky
Leonid Eduardovich

Leonid Slutskiy: international human rights organizations should take measures to protect Maria Butina

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs sent a letter to the Secretary General of Amnesty International Kumi Naidoo with a request to defend the rights of a Russian national prisoner in the United States

Leonid Slutskiy: “There were no surprises in the midterm elections to the US Congress”

Democrats secure the most seats in the House of Representatives, Republicans strengthen their positions in the Senate. Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that "such an outcome shows that the split still persists in American society"

State Duma members as part of the OSCE PA delegation monitor the mid-term elections to the US Congress

Midterm elections to the Congress are taking place in the US. Among the observers of the OSCE PA, there are two State Duma members, Artem Turov and Aleksei Kornienko. They are observing elections in Washington and Maryland

Ivan Melnikov declared over-politization of the G7 and the Council of Europe

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the Russian Federation still welcomes any joint action for peace, equitable and sustainable development on the planet

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the results of the elections of the President of Brazil

Leonid Slutskiy expressed hope that the interaction between two countries in the UN, BRICS and the G20 will be continued and also said that Brazil's new President, Jair Bolsonaro, “has already promised a sound foreign policy approach”

Leonid Slutskiy: “US withdrawal from INF Treaty may entail withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty”

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs is sure that this will completely demolish the entire non-proliferation and disarmament regime on the planet, which took decades to build in the second half of the last century

Member of the State Duma called war on monuments in Poland “a policy of state vandalism”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the dismantling of the monument of Gratitude to the Red Army in Warsaw is a hateful act of ungrateful descendants. He noted that “this barbarism and the disregard of historical memory happen with the full connivance of the European community against the background of a common anti-Russian hysteria”

Leonid Slutskiy: the decision of the EU Council to adopt sanctions regime to counter the use of chemical weapons is highly questionable

Earlier, EU foreign ministers adopted a new regime of restrictive measures to address the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. According to it, the European Union will be able to impose sanctions on persons and entities involved in the development and use of chemical weapons anywhere, regardless of their nationality and location

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the possibility of expulsion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe

According to the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland just tries to take the lead. At the same time, Leonid Slutskiy noted that, perhaps, the Russian Federation should consider suspension of the membership in the Council of Europe itself, without waiting for an expulsion

Viacheslav Volodin will take part in the Third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

The Chairman of the State Duma will pay a working visit to Antalya on October 7-9 to take part in the Third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments. The main topic of the event is “Economic Cooperation, Environment and Sustainable Development in Eurasia”

Leonid Slutskiy: inter-Korean summit — a huge step towards peace and concord on the Korean peninsula

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that the results of the third inter-Korean summit demystify the myth, existing in the West, about the danger of Pyongyang for the sustainable development of the region. He also noted that Russia has always supported political and diplomatic resolution of the problem on the Korean Peninsula

The first session of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the Majlis of Iran is being held in Volgograd

It is being conducted by Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Majlis) Ali Larijani

The delegation of Iranian Majlis laid flowers at the Eternal Flame on Mamayev Kurgan

The Iranian parliamentarians and members of the State Duma visited the historical and memorial complex “Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle” on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, and laid flowers at the Eternal Flame in the Pantheon of Military Glory and on the Grave of Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Chuikov

The delegation of the Iranian Majlis arrived in Volgograd

Parliamentarians arrived to participate in the first session of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which will be held tomorrow on September 6

Leonid Slutskiy commented on Latvian and Estonian demands

Leonid Slutskiy: The EU so radically and operatively opposes the US position for the first time in its recent history

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy commented on the decision of the European Commission to apply the regulations blocking the action of US anti-Iranian sanctions on the EU territory. Leonid Slutskiy noted that EU thus demonstrated the priority of protecting its own interests. "It can be assumed that this is only the beginning of the divergence between the Washington and Brussels courses on key economic and political issues," the member of the State Duma believes

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs visited the Iranian province of Mazandaran

Prior the First meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the Iranian Islamic Council (Parliament), Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy participated in the visit of the delegation of the Volgograd Region led by Governor Andrei Bocharov to Mazandaran,the Caspian region of Iran

Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Turkish Parliament discussed the possibility of establishing a high commission

At a bilateral meeting, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Great National Assembly of Turkey Binali Yıldırım discussed "the possibility of establishing a high commission between the State Duma and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey"

Leonid Slutskiy: We will continue to work with US politicians who have not yielded to “collective madness”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy commented on the introduction of new US anti-Russian sanctions connected with its alleged involvement in the Salisbury incident