State Duma News

Ivica Dacic: Serbia and Russia are more than just historical friends and allies

Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia addressed members of the State Duma at the plenary meeting and stressed the need to improve further cooperation and preserve existing legacy

Ivan Melnikov: multipolar world can only be built on geopolitical cooperation

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stressed that Russia and China could show a good example of a positive constructive agenda

Viacheslav Volodin and Ivica Dacic agreed to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation between Russia and Serbia

Chairman of the State Duma and Speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia supported further development of cooperation within the framework of high-level interparliamentary commission, relevant committees and different international organizations

Sergei Gavrilov paid a visit to the Hellenic Republic

Issues related to the activities of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy were discussed during the visit

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia has become stronger and more independent over the years of sanctions

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that in such difficult situation, the Russian President had managed to unite society, overcome challenges and had done a lot to help Russia to withstand and develop

Chairman of the State Duma discussed with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea issues of inter-parliamentary cooperation

Viacheslav Volodin and Park Byeong-seug agreed to enhance inter-parliamentary cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea in the field of technology and production of COVID-19 vaccines

The State Duma supported Russia's withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty

The United States of America was the first state which unilaterally withdrew from the Treaty in November 2020, and such actions prompted Russia’s reaction to that situation. The Chairman of the State Duma earlier stressed that “we cannot put the national security of our country at risk”

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with President of the National Assembly of Armenia

Viacheslav Volodin and Ararat Mirzoyan discussed issues of Russia-Armenia bilateral relations, as well as the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh

Chairman of the State Duma proposed to discuss activities of international IT companies at the CSTO PA and PACE

Viacheslav Volodin stressed that the Internet development brought new challenges that should to be addressed at the interstate level

The State Duma Commission revealed facts of interference in the US Department of State’s International Religious Freedom Report

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev commented on the annual International Religious Freedom Report prepared by the US Department of State and published on May 12

The ODIHR mission is planned to be invited to observe the elections to the State Duma

Such initiative was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy at a meeting with the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Matteo Mecacci

The Tax Agreement between Russia and the Netherlands denounced

The draft law on denouncing the Agreement was submitted to the State Duma by the Government of the Russian Federation

The State Duma ratified the agreement on military cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan

The new agreement was concluded for 10 years with the possibility of automatic extension for subsequent ten-year periods

The Committee on International Affairs told about the procedures related to denunciation of Open Skies Treaty

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said all procedures related to withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies would be completed by the end of May

Viacheslav Volodin: we cannot put the national security of our country at risk

The President of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill on denouncing the Open Skies Treaty