State Duma News

Aleksei Chepa commented on the new EU chemical weapons regime

The Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs suggested that the new sanctions were introduced under US pressure. At the same time, the parliamentarian believes that restrictions should now be introduced against Washington, because the United States, unlike Russia, has not destroyed its chemical weapons

Leonid Slutskiy: “US withdrawal from INF Treaty may entail withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty”

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs is sure that this will completely demolish the entire non-proliferation and disarmament regime on the planet, which took decades to build in the second half of the last century

Member of the State Duma called war on monuments in Poland “a policy of state vandalism”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the dismantling of the monument of Gratitude to the Red Army in Warsaw is a hateful act of ungrateful descendants. He noted that “this barbarism and the disregard of historical memory happen with the full connivance of the European community against the background of a common anti-Russian hysteria”

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

Sergei Neverov: we have helped and will continue to help the fraternal Syrian people

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Neverov stated this during the meeting of the State Duma members with the delegation of the People’s Council of Syria, members of the Deputy Group on Relations with the Russian Parliament and the Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic in Moscow Riad Haddad

The First International Congress of Youth Parliaments was opened in the State Duma

57 foreign participants from 31 countries, including parliamentarians from 14 countries, participate in the Congress

Inga Iumasheva: “Fort Ross Dialogue” could become a platform for communication between US and Russian legislators

Member of the Committee on International Affairs believes that it is necessary to seek ways to improve relations, as most people living in Russia and in the United States share a common interest in peaceful interaction among our countries

Leonid Slutskiy: the decision of the EU Council to adopt sanctions regime to counter the use of chemical weapons is highly questionable

Earlier, EU foreign ministers adopted a new regime of restrictive measures to address the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. According to it, the European Union will be able to impose sanctions on persons and entities involved in the development and use of chemical weapons anywhere, regardless of their nationality and location

Members of the State Duma declared the need to end the economic, financial and trade US blockade of Cuba

The State Duma adopted a corresponding resolution on the appeal to the UN General Assembly, inter-parliamentary organizations and the parliaments of the UN member nations to end the economic, financial and trade blockade of Cuba. Parliamentarians condemned US policy toward Cuba and opposed the “vicious policy of unilateral sanctions”

The State Duma adopted a statement on the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine

Members of the State Duma are worried about the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine and the growing military threat from the Kiev authorities in Donbass

Constitution of the Russian Federation

The Constitution of the Russian Federation is the highest regulatory legal act of the Russian Federation. The Constitution has the highest legal force, which establishes the fundamental elements of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation, the state system, the formation of representative, executive, judicial bodies and the system of local self-government, human and civil rights and freedoms, and constitutional amendments and revision of the Constitution

State Duma believes that the inter-parliamentary dialogue should be a driving force for the normalization of the political climate

The delegation of the State Duma members headed by coordinator of the group on inter-parliamentary relations with Germany Pavel Zavalnyi and Vice-President of the Bundestag Hans-Peter Friedrich discussed the relations between Russia and the EU, as well as the development of contacts between the State Duma and the Bundestag that attract special attention of the German side

Petr Tolstoy: Ukrainian politicians have opted for a split in the country and inside the Orthodox Church

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stated this during a bilateral meeting with the delegation of the Bundestag, commenting on the possibility of granting of autonomy to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Negotiations were held in Geneva, in the framework of the 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Members of the State Duma and the Bundestag discussed the development of constructive dialogue and interregional cooperation

During a visit to Germany, the delegation of the State Duma headed by First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov met Dirk Wiese, Plenipotentiary of the German Government on inter-social cooperation with Russia, Central Asia, and Eastern Partnership countries

Radek Vondráček: parliamentary diplomacy provides an opportunity to raise serious issues

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Radek Vondráček and discussed the development of inter-parliamentary relations between the two countries, as well as a wide range of issues on the international agenda