State Duma News

Member of the State Duma said that Russia would provide response to all new US sanctions

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy is convinced that new restrictions are another very serious step towards degradation of Russia-US cooperation

Vasilii Piskarev: Russia and China have similar positions on countering terrorism and cybercrime

Members of the State Duma Committee on Security and Corruption Control held a meeting with representatives of the Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China via videoconference

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with Chairwoman of the Senate of Uzbekistan

Viacheslav Volodin and Tanzila Narbaeva discussed issues of development of bilateral cooperation and proposed to enhance cooperation at the level of relevant parliamentary committees

Vasilii Piskarev met with German Ambassador to Russia

On April 13, Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasillii Piskarev held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Russian Federation Géza Andreas von Geyr. The meeting was held at the Ambassador’s request

The State Duma Commission on Foreign Interference discussed with TikTok representatives company’s activities in Russia

The Commission proposed to assist the social network in clarifying norms of Russian legislation for effective content moderation

Members of the State Duma to observe referendum on new draft Constitution of Kyrgyzstan

The referendum will be held on April 11

Next week Viacheslav Volodin to hold meetings with foreign parliamentarians

“We will continue our dialogue on development of inter-parliamentary cooperation with our colleagues-parliamentarians from Armenia and Uzbekistan”, said Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

Member of the State Duma commented on Joe Biden’s plans to run for second term

The recent statement by the US President Joe Biden about his plans to run for reelection in 2024 is an attempt to respond to suspicions of his incapacity and expectations of possible transfer of power to Vice President Kamala Harris, as said member of the Committee on International Affairs Elena Panina

Committee on International Affairs held a meeting with Ambassador of Russia to the United States Anatoly Antonov

All the ideas expressed at the meeting related to cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States of America would be taken into account in future work, as said Ambassador of Russia to the United States

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov held a meeting with Ambassador of Vietnam to Russia

The meeting was held in connection with the completion of the Ambassador’s diplomatic assignment in Russia

Leaders of the State Duma factions commented on Joe Biden’s statements about Russian President

Earlier, the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin called the recent comments of the President of the United States Joe Biden about the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “hysteria caused by powerlessness” and stressed inadmissibility of such statements made by the head of the state

Viacheslav Volodin: attacks on Vladimir Putin are attacks on Russia

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin called the recent comments of the President of the United States Joe Biden about the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “hysteria caused by powerlessness” and noted inadmissibility of such statements made by the head of the state

Visa procedures for close relatives of Russian citizens and for foreign tourists will be simplified

Members of the State Duma adopted in the first reading several bills, according to which foreign tourists will need only a hotel booking confirmation to apply for a visa, and foreign close members of families of Russian citizens will be able to get multientry visas with extended period up to one year

Meeting of the PACE Commission to discuss countering COVID-19 may be held in Russia

Chairman of the State Duma said that the issue was discussed at the meeting with PACE President Rik Daems

Chairman of the State Duma: PACE representatives to observe elections to the State Duma

It was agreed at the meeting of Chairman of the State Duma and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rik Daems that PACE representatives would observe the parliamentary elections in Russia in September 2021