State Duma News

President of the Russian Federation submitted a bill on denouncing Open Skies Treaty

The Treaty on Open Skies allows its participants to perform aerial observation to observe military activities

Viacheslav Volodin: disrespect of other states for the memory of the war would affect their relations with Russia

Chairman of the State Duma urged foreign politicians to draw distinction between issues of economy and historical memory

Vasilii Piskarev: Russia will not tolerate any attempt of foreign interference in its information space

As the parliamentarian said, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which was funded from the US budget, defiantly and systematically violated Russian laws and ignored decisions of Russian courts

Chairman of the State Duma Commission commented on remarks of the EU representative on justice in Russia

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasillii Piskarev said the recent remarks of Josep Borrell that he had mentioned in his speech at the European Parliament were “blatant interference in Russia’s internal affairs, in particular, in the activities of Russian supervisory and judicial authorities”

Viacheslav Volodin: the Western states should compensate Russia for all expenses connected with COVID-19

Chairman of the State Duma believes that the Government of the Russian Federation should raise the issue of responsibility for the COVID-19 outbreak

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia is the most open democracy with a centuries-old history

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that other states should learn from the Russian Federation and invited foreign representatives to take part in the next meeting of the Council of Legislators

Leonid Slutskiy is convinced that Russia will respond to expulsion of Russian diplomats from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stressed that “the vassal loyalty of the Baltic states to the US course has never been in question”

Viacheslav Volodin had a conversation with President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan

Petr Tolstoy: Russia will not implement PACE’s politicized decisions

Head of the Russian delegation to PACE, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, following the plenary session of the Assembly, told journalists that PACE’s decisions and resolutions related to Crimea and Alexei Navalny “contradict the national legislation of the Russian Federation”

Viacheslav Volodin: PACE President agreed to send representatives to observe elections to the State Duma

The parliamentary elections in Russia will be held in September 2021 on a single voting day

Russian delegation to take part in the PACE spring session remotely

The head of the Russian delegation to PACE, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy explained that such decision was taken due to the current epidemiological situation in France and the Address of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly which would be held on April 21

Viacheslav Volodin thinks there will be new sanctions against the fuel and energy industry of Russia

Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that such measures would be taken to halt the economic development of the Russian Federation

Viacheslav Volodin called to give assessment of actions of the authorities of states violating human rights

Chairman of the State Duma stressed the need to support human rights defenders victimized by regimes, in particular in the United States of America

Vasilii Piskarev: Google and YouTube expressed readiness for dialogue

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasillii Piskarev said that foreign companies expressed their willingness to cooperate and address violations of Russian legislation

Viacheslav Volodin: the US authorities lose much of their powers and use sanctions to solve their political issues

The Chairman of the State Duma said that the US authorities would eventually have to rebuild relations that they had ruined