State Duma News

Aleksei Chepa: the British authorities need the Skripals case to divert public attention from country’s internal conflicts

The Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the Scotland Yard’s publication of new videos with “suspects” of an attempt to kill the former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter. He called it “absolutely empty information, not supported by anything and not proving anything”

Member of the Committee on International Affairs explained the lack of interest of the EU and NATO in Ukraine’s membership

Member of the Committee, Anton Morozov, believes that neither NATO nor the European Union is waiting for Ukraine to become a member, because Ukraine would become “another parasite” for the European Union. In addition, the parliamentarian said that Ukraine “is of no value for NATO because it has a very weak army”

Leonid Slutskiy: voting at Interpol and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is links in one chain

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that voting at Interpol and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is links in a chain, which the US and its satellite countries are using in an attempt to grade international law and turn the largest organizations of international cooperation into platforms for “settling political scores and promoting their interests"

Members of the relevant Committee held working meetings with the leadership of the International Labour Organization

The delegation of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs and the ILO leadership (Switzerland) in Geneva exchanged views on the future of the world labor market, its impact on the diversification of regional markets, as well as proposed to improve the dialogue between employees and employers

Delegation of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control met with the leadership of the Turkish Grand National Assembly

Issues of cooperation between the two parliaments at the level of relevant committees and commissions were discussed at the meetings. The agreement on such cooperation was reached during a visit of State Duma Chairman Viacheslav Volodin to Turkey in October

Petr Gassiev asked Sergei Neverov to assist in the conclusion of an agreement between United Russia and United Ossetia

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov held a working meeting with Chairman of the Parliament of South Ossetia, head of the United Ossetia faction Petr Gassiev

Sergei Neverov: building a dialogue with Armenia is our priority

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov held a meeting with members of the Prosperous Armenia political party at the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia headed by the representative of the party, leader of the Tsarukyan bloc in the Armenian Parliament Gagik Tsarukyan

The Committee on Security and Corruption Control offered to hold an international conference on cybersecurity

Vasilii Piskarev, Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control, discussed this issue with Ismet Yılmaz, Chairman of the Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey during the visit of the delegation of the State Duma to the Republic of Turkey

Leaders of the factions of parliaments of the CIS countries met in the State Duma

The participants of the International Conference “Role of Interaction between Factions of Political Parties and Blocs in Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation of the CIS Countries” are discussing the expansion of inter-parliamentary cooperation. The conference agenda also includes issues of harmonization of national legislations and joint confrontation to emerging challenges and threats

Sergei Neverov met a delegation of Moldovan parliamentarians

The meeting of the Russian and Moldovan parliamentarians was held the day before the International Conference “Role of Interaction between Factions of Political Parties and Blocs in Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation of the CIS Countries”, which will take place in the State Duma on November 22

Members of the State Duma held a meeting with a delegation of Italian General Union of Labour

Members of the Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs took part in the meeting. The parties exchanged ideas and experience in solving issues in the field of labor and social policy, and agreed to continue the dialogue within the framework of the specified agenda. Representatives of General Union of Labour invited members of the Committee to Rome to Trade Union Conference

Viacheslav Volodin and Igor Dodon supported the development of inter-parliamentary relations between Russia and Moldova

In particular, during the bilateral meeting, Chairman of the State Duma and President of the Republic of Moldova discussed the issue of establishment of a working group between the State Duma and the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova

President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon spoke at a plenary session of the State Duma

He expressed hope for the further development of inter-parliamentary cooperation between Russia and Moldova. According to Igor Dodon, this will give a significant impetus to the development of relations between the two countries

The judicial system of the Russian Federation and the prosecutor's office

The Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court are the highest judicial bodies of Russia. The judges of these courts are nominated by the President of the Russian Federation and appointed by the Federation Council. Judges of other federal courts are appointed by the President. The creation of emergency courts is not allowed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Elena Iampolskaya called Western partners to learn how to separate art from politics

The Chairwoman of the Committee on Culture commented on the material of the British newspaper The Times which published the opinion of an expert who called the popular Russian animated series “Masha and the Bear” as "part of the Russian propaganda"