State Duma News

The State Duma to request international organizations to analyze the situation with freedom of speech in the United States

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin gave relevant instructions to the Committee on International Affairs. He is convinced that it is necessary “to do everything to wake international organizations from their slumber”

Viacheslav Volodin: the USA has no right to impose anything on other states

The Chairman of the State Duma addressed parliamentarians at the first plenary meeting of the spring plenary session and recalled that elections to the State Duma would be held in September, and prevention of foreign interference in the election campaign would be the priority issue

Issues of the first model legislative acts of the Union State were discussed by members of the Parliamentary Assembly of Belarus and Russia

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia held parliamentary hearings "Model lawmaking in the Union State"

Viacheslav Volodin: the US forces Europe to buy its vaccine against COVID-19

Chairman of the State Duma stated that in an interview to the TV channel Rossiya 24. He stressed that the vaccine market should be open so that any country that had developed a vaccine would be able to supply it to other states

Chairman of the State Duma: The US should learn from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan how to hold elections

Viacheslav Volodin expressed such opinion in the interview to the TV channel Rossiya 24

Viacheslav Volodin had a conversation with Speaker of the Joǵorku Keńesh of Kyrgyzstan Talant Mamytov

Chairman of the State Duma congratulated his colleague on the successful elections and referendum

Viacheslav Volodin congratulated Nurlan Nigmatulin on successful elections of members of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin had a conversation with Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin on January 12

Viacheslav Volodin: status of Russian language as language of interethnic communication is in the interests of the citizens of Moldova

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova Zinaida Greceanîi and stressed that the adoption of a law on the status of the Russian language as a language of interethnic communication in Moldova was important for economic, cultural and social cooperation between our countries

The State Duma appealed to the European parliaments on the repressive actions of the Latvian authorities against Russian-speaking journalists

“Members of the State Duma appeal to the parliaments of European states to condemn the gross violations by authorities of the Republic of Latvia of its international obligations to respect freedom of speech, as well as freedom of work of the media and to prevent the use of force and censorship as tools of political struggle and information confrontation,” the text of the document says

Viacheslav Volodin: we do not interfere in foreign elections, and they should not interfere in our elections

Russia condemns interference in the affairs of sovereign states, as said the Chairman of the State Duma at the final plenary meeting of the autumn plenary session 2020

Parliamentarians adopted the budget of the Union State of Belarus and Russia for 2021

The 59th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia was held today via videoconference

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia to analyze observance of human rights in Europe

Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin said that it is necessary to more effectively form the agenda, promote it and interact with all international organizations

Viacheslav Volodin: all internal issues of the state should be resolved by the citizens, without foreign pressure and interference

Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, Chairman of the State Duma commented on attempts of foreign interference in the internal affairs of sovereign Belarus, as well as unfair competition initiated by the United States

Speech by Viacheslav Volodin at the opening of the 59th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia

Viacheslav Volodin identified the tasks of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia

Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman of the State Duma stressed that “our Commissions would continue to work even more effectively so that through the formation of model laws, harmonization of legislation of the Union State, we could address common challenges and threats, develop our economies and do everything possible to ensure that citizens of our countries would see the results”