Chairman

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia is the most open democracy with a centuries-old history

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that other states should learn from the Russian Federation and invited foreign representatives to take part in the next meeting of the Council of Legislators

Viacheslav Volodin had a conversation with President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan

Viacheslav Volodin: PACE President agreed to send representatives to observe elections to the State Duma

The parliamentary elections in Russia will be held in September 2021 on a single voting day

Viacheslav Volodin thinks there will be new sanctions against the fuel and energy industry of Russia

Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that such measures would be taken to halt the economic development of the Russian Federation

Viacheslav Volodin called to give assessment of actions of the authorities of states violating human rights

Chairman of the State Duma stressed the need to support human rights defenders victimized by regimes, in particular in the United States of America

Viacheslav Volodin: the US authorities lose much of their powers and use sanctions to solve their political issues

The Chairman of the State Duma said that the US authorities would eventually have to rebuild relations that they had ruined

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with Chairwoman of the Senate of Uzbekistan

Viacheslav Volodin and Tanzila Narbaeva discussed issues of development of bilateral cooperation and proposed to enhance cooperation at the level of relevant parliamentary committees

Next week Viacheslav Volodin to hold meetings with foreign parliamentarians

“We will continue our dialogue on development of inter-parliamentary cooperation with our colleagues-parliamentarians from Armenia and Uzbekistan”, said Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

Viacheslav Volodin: attacks on Vladimir Putin are attacks on Russia

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin called the recent comments of the President of the United States Joe Biden about the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “hysteria caused by powerlessness” and noted inadmissibility of such statements made by the head of the state

Meeting of the PACE Commission to discuss countering COVID-19 may be held in Russia

Chairman of the State Duma said that the issue was discussed at the meeting with PACE President Rik Daems

Chairman of the State Duma: PACE representatives to observe elections to the State Duma

It was agreed at the meeting of Chairman of the State Duma and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rik Daems that PACE representatives would observe the parliamentary elections in Russia in September 2021

Viacheslav Volodin suggested PACE focusing on health protection of Europeans

Chairman of the State Duma and the PACE President Rik Daems discussed at the meeting issues related to the current COVID-19 situation and vaccination

Viacheslav Volodin: ECHR is a political instrument now

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin said that the European Court of Human Rights exceeded its powers when called to release Alexei Navalny

Viacheslav Volodin to hold a meeting with PACE President on March 15

That was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma. According to him, the issue of sanctions policy will be one of the topics of the planned discussion

Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov

This is the first visit of the President of Kyrgyzstan to Russia. Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin expressed confidence that the meeting would give impetus to cooperation between two states

Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran

Speakers discussed inter-parliamentary cooperation in various formats, as well as issues related to mutually beneficial business cooperation, healthcare and energy

Chairman of the State Duma: any calls for sanctions against Russian citizens should be strictly punished

Viacheslav Volodin in the TV programme “60 minutes” stressed that each state should protect its sovereignty, economy and citizens from such actions

Chairman of the State Duma: Russia's position in PACE has greatly strengthened over the year, majority is seeking dialogue

Viacheslav Volodin told journalists that there was a solid majority of those parliamentarians who did not support any attacks against the Russian delegation

Petr Tolstoy re-elected PACE Vice-President

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists about that. He added that an attempt to organize debate on Navalny case at PACE had failed

Members of the State Duma plan to participate in several international events during the spring plenary session

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists about those plans