Chairman

Vyacheslav Volodin held a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan

That was the first visit of the Prime Minister of Armenia to the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin: European sanctions against Russia are illegal

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that Russia would asses the damage of the sanctions and their impact on the Russian economy, so the unfriendly states would have to compensate

Vyacheslav Volodin: by making such statements, Zelensky wants to win time asking NATO for military assistance

Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that the President of Ukraine should withdraw troops from the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and record commitments on the recognition of Crimea and the non-bloc status of Ukraine, as well as on denazification and demilitarization of the country

Vyacheslav Volodin: the US sanctions policy is the beginning of the end of the dollar monopoly in the world

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that that the decision taken by the Russian President for unfriendly states to pay for gas in rubles, as well as the current discussion of expanding the list of goods that could be also sold in rubles, drove the US Department of the Treasury to hysteria

Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to send information of the Committee on Defence about Bucha’s provocation to the foreign parliaments

Chairman of the Committee on Defence Andrey Kartapolov informed members of the State Duma in detail about the videos fabricated by the Ukrainian side about the crimes allegedly committed by Russian troops in Bucha

Vyacheslav Volodin: the situation in Bucha is a provocation aimed at discrediting Russia

According to Chairman of the State Duma, the NATO member states do not need investigations as they have already found those to blame

Vyacheslav Volodin congratulated Aleksandar Vučić on his re-election as President of Serbia

The Council of the State Duma approved decision on creation of interparliamentary groups on interaction with parliaments of DPR and LPR

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that those groups would be coordinated by Dmitry Sablin and Victor Vodolatsky

The Commission on parliamentary investigation into the activities of biological laboratories in Ukraine created working groups

In accordance with the law, those working groups will perform several activities of the Commission on such issues related to medical and biological analysis, international law, security, scientific and information analysis

Information on the activities of the Parliamentary Commission on investigation into the activities of biological laboratories in Ukraine to be public

Co-Chair of the Commission, Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya said at the first meeting of the Commission that the activities of the Commission would help to produce a dossier which would be sent to the Russian President, the Federal Assembly, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee of Russia

Vyacheslav Volodin: Europe has all opportunities to pay for Russian gas supplies in rubles

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that Western politicians should stop looking for excuses not to pay in rubles

Chairman of the State Duma: Zelensky and his henchmen must answer for their actions

Vyacheslav Volodin said that the State Duma would send the materials concerning acts of torture of civilians by Kiev’s regime to the European national parliaments

Vyacheslav Volodin: Biden should explain to the world his son's involvement in financing biological laboratories in Ukraine

Special Commission of the Russian Parliament will consider this issue as a matter of priority, as added Chairman of the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin: the United States has messed up with sanctions

Chairman of the State Duma commented on recent remarks about new US sanctions against more than 300 members of the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin: that is Vladimir Putin who turned Russia into a strong modern state which can protect its citizens and compatriots

Chairman of the State Duma recalled that on this day 23 years ago, peaceful citizens of Yugoslavia were awoken by the sound of air raid sirens when NATO started bombing Belgrade

Vyacheslav Volodin: that is a historic decision to refuse to receive payments in dollars and euros

Chairman of the State Duma called it another step toward de-dollarization of Russia’s economy

Vyacheslav Volodin: the US authorities’ political statements are worthless, there is chaos in the country

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the US legal system “continues to degrade”. For example, the day before there were two absolutely contradictory statements in Washington

Procedures of admission of foreign medical products to Russia to be simplified

The relevant law was adopted in the third reading. Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin noted the necessity to do everything possible to guarantee access to medicines

Vyacheslav Volodin conveyed condolences to Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu

Vyacheslav Volodin: the US Congress should impeach Joe Biden

Chairman of the State Duma recalled that the US President signed a military aid package for Ukraine in March 2022, while in 2017 the US Congress prohibited funding the Azov battalion