State Duma News

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

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