Kalashnikov Leonid Ivanovich

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation took part in the “government hour” at the State Duma

February 19, 2025

Sergey Lavrov spoke about the priorities of Russia’s foreign policy

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation addressed the State Duma

February 14, 2024

Sergey Lavrov spoke about the current issues of foreign policy of the Russian Federation. Chairmen of the relevant committees and representatives of all factions also commented on those issues. They supported activity of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs aimed at promoting the President’s foreign policy course

January 16, 2024

Vyacheslav Volodin: we are going to hold the BRICS Parliamentary Forum and the Conference “Development of Parliamentarism” this year

According to Chairman of the State Duma, within those formats, the parliamentarians will discuss different issues, legislative contribution to the development of international relations

October 1, 2023

Parliaments of Russia and Latin America can contribute to building a just multipolar world

On Sunday, October 1, the round table discussion on the topic “Just multipolar world: role of the parliamentary diplomacy” was held as part of the events of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”

May 18, 2023

Meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held in Minsk

Meeting was chaired by the CSTO PA Chairman, Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. Parliamentarians discussed the harmonization of the legislations of the CSTO member states and development of model laws on countering challenges and threats to security in the area of responsibility of the organization. They also supported the adoption of a number of statements by the Council of the Assembly

March 19, 2023

Russia and African countries want equal world without imposition of Western paradigm of consciousness

Topic “Neocolonialism of the West: How to Prevent the Repetition of History” was discussed at the round table during the Second International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa”. Parliamentarians of Russia and the countries of the African continent, as well as leading Russian experts, exchanged views and outlined a trajectory for further dialogue based on the principles of mutual respect

February 1, 2023

Chairmen of the Committees on International Affairs, Defence and Security of the parliaments of the CSTO member states discussed the situation in regions of the area of responsibility

Today, on February 1, the second meeting of Chairmen of relevant Committees was held at the State Duma. Representative of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation took part in the meeting via videoconference

Second meeting of Chairmen of the Committees (Commissions)on International Affairs, Defence and Security of the parliaments of the CSTO member states

March 22, 2022

The State Duma initiated an investigation into the activities of the biological laboratories in Ukraine

Members of the State Duma also appealed to the Federation Council with a proposal to create a parliamentary commission to investigate the circumstances related to the creation of biological laboratories by the US specialists in Ukraine

February 10, 2022

Parliamentarians to discuss status of troops taking part in the CSTO missions’ military operations

That was announced by the Chairman of the Committee on Issues of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Contacts with Fellow Countryman Leonid Kalashnikov

Meeting of chairmen of the committees (commissions) of parliaments of the CSTO member states

January 26, 2022

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took part in the “government hour” at the State Duma

Members of the State Duma endorsed the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the Foreign Ministry “can always count on the support of the Parliament”

January 14, 2020

State Duma intends to fight for the preservation of historical memory

Representatives of factions of the State Duma expressed support for the statement of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin on the need to protect historical memory and preserve the true history about the deeds of our soldiers in the Great Patriotic War

October 8, 2019

Leonid Kalashnikov: parliamentarians of Russia and Georgia find common ground even after serious crises

This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee on Issues of the CIS and Contacts with Fellow Countrymen following a meeting of the Russia-Georgia inter-parliamentary dialogue group. The issue of resumption of flights between the countries was also discussed at the meeting, according to the parliamentarian, this is possible to be done in the near future, but the safety of Russian citizens remains a priority

Chairman of the Committee on Issues of the CIS and Contacts with Fellow Countrymen Leonid Kalashnikov

September 16, 2019

Viacheslav Volodin arrived in Uzbekistan

This is the first visit of the Chairman of the State Duma since 2006. It is planned that the Agreement on cooperation between the State Duma and the Legislative Chamber of the Supreme Assembly (Oliy Majlis) will be signed during the visit

Arrival of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin in Uzbekistan

June 24, 2019

800 foreign representatives from 131 countries are expected at the Second International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism”

Representatives of almost all European parliaments, as well as parliamentarians from Syria, Venezuela, and North Korea will be among the participants of the Forum. Parliamentarians from Georgia have been invited. It is also expected that Russian and foreign experts, journalists, leading scientists take part in it

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy and Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

January 17, 2019

The State Duma will not send delegation to PACE

The Russian Federation will also not make contributions to the budget of the Council of Europe in 2019. As Viacheslav Volodin said, these decisions are made only in the interests of Russian citizens

October 30, 2018

The CSTO PA member states have joined forces to fight terrorism

The decision to develop uniform criteria for inclusion in the list of banned terrorist organizations was made at the plenary meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The countries participating in the CSTO will also promote a joint position in the OSCE PA

Chairman of the Committee on Defence Vladimir Shamanov and Chairman of the Committee on Issues of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Contacts with Fellow Countryman Leonid Kalashnikov

October 7, 2018

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”

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

August 26, 2018

The Russian delegation took part in the celebrations of the anniversary of the recognition of Abkhazia's independence

Head of the Russian delegation, Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Olga Timofeeva met President of the Republic of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba during her visit. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia Gennady Gagulia and Speaker of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Abkhazia Valeriy Kvarchia

KalashnikovLeonid Ivanovich