State Duma News

Sergei Gavrilov met the new head of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate

Chairman of the Committee on the Development of Civil Society, Public and Religious Associations, President of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy discussed with Metropolitan Eugene the issues of building a dialogue between the Estonian authorities and the Church

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

Anton Morozov: the statements of US President Donald Trump on the conditions for the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions — a signal for a new round of the negotiation process

The statements of US President Donald Trump on the conditions for the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions should be seen as a signal for a new round of the negotiation process. The member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Anton Morozov expressed such opinion in an interview to RIA Novosti

Aleksei Chepa commented on the US refusal to participate in the meeting on Afghanistan

The US refusal to participate in the meeting on Afghanistan in Moscow demonstrates the reluctance of the US to give the primacy in the settlement of the situation in Afghanistan to Russia, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Aleksei Chepa said

Leonid Slutskiy commented on Latvian and Estonian demands

Sergei Mironov: The US oppose itself to the whole world by its sanctions

The head of the Just Russia faction commented on the new anti-Russian sanctions of the United States. He noted that the United States has fewer levers of influence, and said that in fact, the United States is ready to declare an economic war not only to Russia but to the whole world

Leonid Slutskiy: The EU so radically and operatively opposes the US position for the first time in its recent history

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy commented on the decision of the European Commission to apply the regulations blocking the action of US anti-Iranian sanctions on the EU territory. Leonid Slutskiy noted that EU thus demonstrated the priority of protecting its own interests. "It can be assumed that this is only the beginning of the divergence between the Washington and Brussels courses on key economic and political issues," the member of the State Duma believes

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs visited the Iranian province of Mazandaran

Prior the First meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the Iranian Islamic Council (Parliament), Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy participated in the visit of the delegation of the Volgograd Region led by Governor Andrei Bocharov to Mazandaran,the Caspian region of Iran

Inga Iumasheva visited India to discuss interparliamentarian cooperation

Member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Inga Iumasheva held a working visit to India, where she met Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to India N.R. Kudashev

Chairman of the State Duma met President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

The meeting of Viacheslav Volodin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was held within the framework of the visit of the State Duma to Ankara

Viacheslav Volodin and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey spoke in favor of further development of bilateral relations

State Duma Chairman Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu where the parties discussed the development of relations between the two states

Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Turkish Parliament discussed the possibility of establishing a high commission

At a bilateral meeting, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Great National Assembly of Turkey Binali Yıldırım discussed "the possibility of establishing a high commission between the State Duma and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey"

Viacheslav Volodin and Binali Yıldırım discussed joint actions of Russia, Turkey and Iran in Syria

The Chairman of the State Duma and the Chairman the Grand National Assembly of Turkey noted the success of joint actions of Russia, Turkey and Iran in Syria. Meeting of Viacheslav Volodin and Binali Yıldırım was held within the framework of the visit of the State Duma delegation to the Republic of Turkey

Chairman of the State Duma visited the building of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Viacheslav Volodin with other members of the delegation of the State Duma laid flowers at the building of the Turkish parliament that was struck from the air during the attempted coup d'état on July 15, 2016

State Duma: Mutually beneficial cooperation in the area of the Caspian Sea is of strategic importance for Russia

Such opinion was expressed by member of the Committee on International Affairs Sergei Zhelezniak following the Fifth Caspian Summit, which was held in Aktau, Kazakhstan.The heads of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan signed the Convention on the Status of the Caspian Sea