Zhurova
Svetlana Sergeevna

First meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Nicaragua was held at the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin and Laureano Ortega Murillo opened the meeting. Parliamentarians discussed issues of legislative support of financial and economic cooperation between Russia and Nicaragua, as well as issues of energy, agriculture, and healthcare cooperation

Svetlana Zhurova: postponement of the Olympics 2020 is a decision in the interests of athletes

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova supported the IOC decision, which postponed the Olympics 2020, but no later than summer 2021

Parliamentarians called WADA’s decision “a way to force Russian competitors out of the global sport”

Members of the State Duma commented on the decision of the Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency to ban Russian officials, representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) from attending the Olympic and Paralympic Games for four years

Pavel Krasheninnikov met with a delegation of the Council of Europe

The Chairman of the Committee on State Building and Legislation held a bilateral meeting in the State Duma with a delegation of the Council of Europe led by the Head of the Justice and Legal Co-operation Department of the Council of Europe Sundberg Fredrik

Svetlana Zhurova: Russia’s interest in Africa is a new priority in international relations

Russia is a guarantor of stability and compliance with the principles of international law for African countries, said First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova. According to Svetlana Zhurova, African countries cannot independently deal with several problems, such as crime, terrorism, piracy, illness, and elimination of illiteracy. Russia plays a crucial role in their solution

Svetlana Zhurova: abolition of visas between Russia and Japan will strengthen relations between the countries

First Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova commented on the statement of Russian Minister Foreign Sergey Lavrov about an initiative of a visa-free travel regime between Moscow and Tokyo. According to the parliamentarian, such step will help to increase tourist flows

Svetlana Zhurova: cooperation with our foreign partners is developing despite the sanctions

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova summarized the results of the Committee’s work for 2018 and told about plans for the upcoming session

Svetlana Zhurova: accounts created in social networks about protests in Paris can be a provocation

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova believes that the information that accounts in social networks, spreading messages about protests in France, are allegedly linked to the Russian Federation, can be a provocation. No matter what happens in the world, “Russia is responsible for it,” the parliamentarian said

Opening ceremony of the 9th International Parliamentary Games took place in the State Duma

Games take place in Moscow from October 19 to October 21. Parliamentarians from 12 countries compete in six sports and take part in the official program of the State Duma, dedicated this year to holding the XXIX Winter Universiade 2019 in Krasnoyarsk

The Youth Forum of the Union State of Belarus and Russia was held in the State Duma

Parliamentarians and members of the Youth Chamber under the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia took part at the plenary session and the work of the sections of the Youth Forum of the Union State that took place in the State Duma in Moscow on September 27

An exhibition on the occasion of the 190th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and Russia was opened in the State Duma

It presents about fifty images of official chronicles that recorded episodes of state visits and meetings of politicians, photographs of cultural figures and competitions with the participation of Russian and Greek athletes