Piskarev Vasily Ivanovich

May 15, 2020

State Duma Commission sent a request to the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate the dissemination of fake news on mortality rate in Russia due to coronavirus by Western media

The commission asked the Prosecutor General's Office to react to the publication of articles in the New York Times and the Financial Times, as well as in several foreign Russian-language media, said its chairman Vasilii Piskarev

May 13, 2020

State Duma Commission will review fake news about allegedly inconsistent data on coronavirus mortality rate in Russia

The statements published in English-language newspapers are factually inaccurate and have already been officially refuted by representatives of the Russian authorities, but the State Duma Commission intends to find out why such publications appear, said Vasilii Piskarev

April 17, 2020

Specialized Commission revealed new facts of attempts of foreign influence on the Russian anti-drug policy

The inducement of citizens to consume prohibited substances was also revealed. This was announced by the Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs

Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasilii Piskarev

April 5, 2020

Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference is reviewing the publications of foreign media about the fight against coronavirus in Russia

"Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs receives information about the incorrect coverage of our country's actions to combat coronavirus infection by some Western media," said Chairman of the Commission Vasilii Piskarev

March 24, 2020

Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs commented on Human Rights Watch's statement about the fight against epidemic

Earlier, the Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov urged the head of the American human rights organization “Human Rights Watch” Kenneth Roth not to misinform people about the fight against coronavirus in Russia

February 13, 2020

Facts of drug propaganda among young people by foreign NPOs were revealed at the State Duma

The Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs called for expediting the adoption of bills aimed at strengthening responsibility for drug propaganda, and also proposed amendments to the Criminal Code on liability for involving minors in drug crimes

Meeting of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs on the issue ”Facts of foreign interference in anti-drug policy of the Russian Federation“

January 22, 2020

The State Duma Commission on Foreign Interference to examine foreign media publications on snap elections

The Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs will carefully examine the publications of a number of foreign media about possible re-election to the State Duma

December 12, 2019

Liability for training “intervention specialists” may be introduced

This issue was discussed at a meeting of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs. To date, Russian legislation has not established liability for participation in destructive foreign training

December 3, 2019

Vasilii Piskarev met with the Director of the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan

Vasilii Piskarev and Sherkhon Salimzoda agreed to continue bilateral contacts to improve the effectiveness of efforts of the two countries in combating drug trafficking

Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasilii Piskarev and Director of the Drug Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Sherkhon Salimzoda

November 27, 2019

Crimea and Sevastopol are now displayed as the territory of Russia on Apple devices

Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasilii Piskarev met with Daria Ermolina, who represents interests of Apple in Russia, on Wednesday, November 27

November 7, 2019

Parliamentarians met with Deutsche Welle CEO

Representatives of all factions of the State Duma took part in an informal meeting with Peter Limbourg

October 17, 2019

Russian media provided the members of the State Duma information about the facts of foreign interference

According to research that journalists presented at a meeting of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs, unauthorized protests were coordinated by US intelligence agencies. Parliamentarians will carefully review all the materials

September 10, 2019

The State Duma established Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs

The tasks of the Commission are to study and analyze the facts and circumstances of foreign interference in Russia’s internal affairs, preparation of proposals to take legislative measures to counter foreign interference, as well as proposals containing information to be sent to parliaments of foreign states and inter-parliamentary organizations

September 8, 2019

State Duma will consider the data of the Central Election Commission and Roskomnadzor on foreign interference in Russian elections

This was announced by the Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of the Facts of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev

September 4, 2019

Parliamentarians consider it necessary to conduct a dialogue on interference only on the territory of our country

Commenting on the invitation of the head of the General Management of Deutsche Welle to visit Bonn or Berlin for talks, the head of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev told parliamentary reporters that “all the issues that the Commission reviews relate to Russia, not Germany," and the dialogue must be conducted on the territory of the Russian Federation

September 4, 2019

Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs will invite US Ambassador and Deutsche Welle heads

The Commission will send an invitation to the US ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, to explain why the official social media accounts of the diplomatic mission posted information about the route of the unauthorized rally in Moscow. The second invitation will also be sent to the heads of the Deutsche Welle broadcasting company

Meeting of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in the Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation

September 4, 2019

Deutsche Welle's head office assumed responsibility for publication of the Moscow office

Head of General Management of Deutsche Welle Johannes Hoffmann stated that in the letter to the Chairman of the Commission of the State Duma on the investigation of the foreign states' interference in the Russia's internal affairs Vasilii Piskarev

Letter of Head of General Management of Deutsche Welle Johannes Hoffmann

September 3, 2019

Vasilii Piskarev: Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in the Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation is waiting for an explanation from the US Ambassador Huntsman

As he emphasized, "the Commission still has questions to Mr. Huntsman, despite his explanations in the mass media"

August 23, 2019

Vasilii Piskarev told about the tasks of the new Commission of the State Duma

The first meeting of the Commission on the investigation of the foreign states' interference in the Russia's internal affairs was held in the State Duma. It will analyze and study data on foreign interference in the internal affairs of our country, as well as defend Russia's sovereignty on international platforms

State Duma Commission will address the issue of interference in the Russian internal affairs

August 19, 2019

An inter-factional commission on the issue of foreign interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation, including in elections, will appear in the State Duma. This decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of the State Duma Council

PiskarevVasily Ivanovich