Panina Elena Vladimirovna

March 29, 2021

Member of the State Duma commented on Joe Biden’s plans to run for second term

The recent statement by the US President Joe Biden about his plans to run for reelection in 2024 is an attempt to respond to suspicions of his incapacity and expectations of possible transfer of power to Vice President Kamala Harris, as said member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina

Member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina

February 9, 2021

Elena Panina commented on the decision to expel European diplomats

The protest that had been made to foreign diplomats and the decision to expel them from the Russian Federation was a logical response of the Russian authorities to interference in internal affairs, as said member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina. She recalled that any attempts by the Russian media to cover the protests taking place in the Western states were perceived as foreign interference

December 7, 2020

Member of the State Duma condemned detention of journalists cooperating with Sputnik and Baltnews in Latvia

Member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina stressed that Latvian authorities acted as if Latvia and Russia were in a state of war, and at the same time they asked Russian side to halt the decline in cargo traffic volume and tried to increase export of food to the Russian Federation

April 20, 2020

Elena Panina: investigation of the origins of coronavirus should be objective

Commenting on the initiative of the US Senate Committee, a member of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the investigation should be carried out under the auspices of the UN. It is necessary to create a proper international commission with the participation of scientists, specialists, and representatives of investigative structures, she believes

April 9, 2020

Elena Panina: in the context of the global crisis, initiators suffer from their own sanctions

During a pandemic, any sanctions look like an anachronism. This was noted by a member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina commenting on a statement by European Commission representative Peter Stano, who stated that “the EU leadership sees no reason to lift sanctions against the Russian Federation since they do not undermine Russia's ability to fight the coronavirus”

November 29, 2019

Elena Panina about doping-scandal: to seek an explanation of what is happening in just sports sphere is naive

“The CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Travis Tygart, advocated the complete ban of Russian athletes from participation in the Olympic Games. The sanctions proposed by the WADA Compliance Committee are not enough for him, he needs to destroy the Russian sport, as a whole. This is the case when private interests are mixed with big politics,” said the member of the Committee on International Affairs

November 1, 2019

Elena Panina met with President of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee

The Committee on International Affairs held a meeting with the President of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee, Christian Byk. The possibility of implementing international bioethics standards in Russian legislation was discussed at the meeting

May 20, 2019

Elena Panina: European countries are interested in improvement of relations with Russia

Many European countries are interested in improvement of relations with Russia and its return to PACE, because they understand that it is impossible to address geopolitical issues without Russia. This was stated by a member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina at a meeting with the Italian delegation

April 26, 2019

Elena Panina: the law on the exclusivity of the Ukrainian language violates the Declaration of Human Rights

According to the member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina, there are a lot of people in Ukraine for whom Russian is their native language. As she said, the text of the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on the exclusivity of the Ukrainian language is blasphemous

January 25, 2019

Elena Panina: Venezuela is on the brink of civil war

“The situation is developing according to a well-known scenario [...]. There took place the organization of subversive acts by part of the political elite bribed with American money and illegally proclaimed itself the new leadership of the country,” noted a member of the Committee on International Affairs. “All these actions are nothing less than political terrorism,” said the parliamentarian

October 25, 2018

Elena Panina: positive image formation of the Russian Federation in conditions of continuous slander is highly relevant

Member of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the State Duma reviewed programme “Foreign policy activity” and for the first time there is a point that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should enhance coordination of international activities of the federal executive authorities. This is required to successfully achieve the goals of positive image formation of Russia abroad

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