State Duma News

Petr Tolstoy: the Union State, not the Europeans, should resolve the situation in Belarus

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the Russian delegation to PACE and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Petr Tolstoy addressed participants of the meeting of the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, held on September 8 via videoconference

Leonid Slutskiy: discussion on the situation in Belarus at PACE was politicized

Today, the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy discussed the current situation in Belarus, as said the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs

Viacheslav Volodin: foreign states that want to escalate tensions in Russia may be responsible for current Navalny’s condition

Chairman of the State Duma said that the Committee on Security and Corruption Control would analyze the situation with Alexey Navalny to find out if it had been an attempt of foreign states to cause harm to health of a Russian citizen to escalate tensions in Russia

Valentina Pivnenko summarized results of the 29th meeting of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference

Representatives of the Republic of Lithuania raised the issue of the elections held in Belarus at the 29th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference. The head of the permanent delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the BSPC Valentina Pivnenko urged not to politicize the meeting

Member of the State Duma commented on the expulsion of the Russian diplomat from Austria

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that a series of diplomatic scandals in European states might be part of a general campaign to discredit Russia or a major provocation

Vasilii Piskarev: unsubstantiated accusations of Russia’s meddling in the US elections are hackneyed tricks

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev called the statement of the representative of the US administration on possible new restrictions against Russia for meddling in the US elections "an element of the electoral competition"

Chairman of the State Duma: Twitter demonstrates policy of double standards by labeling government and media accounts

Viacheslav Volodin expressed surprise that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is funded from the US state budget and reflects the official position of the State Department, had not been given the same tag

Viacheslav Volodin: The Union State has many development prospects and integration opportunities in various areas

Chairman of the State Duma, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia Viacheslav Volodin is convinced that the Union State of Belarus and Russia serves the interests of the nations, and further integration will still be a priority issue

The State Duma Commission commented on the report of the US Department of State on ”Russian propaganda“

The Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs will continue to unmask any attempts of the United States and the controlled media to spread disinformation about Russia’s internal affairs

New law to simplify procedure of employment for foreign students in Russia

Relevant amendments to the legislation come into force on August 5. Those amendments allow foreign citizens studying at Russian universities and professional training colleges to get a job without unnecessary difficulties. In the future, that will help to double the number of foreign students at Russian educational institutions. Find out more information about new law below

Petr Tolstoy hopes that PACE will resume work in the usual format in autumn

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the Russian delegation to PACE and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Petr Tolstoy announced that, summarizing the results of the spring plenary session of the State Duma. The parliamentarian also recalled that the PACE summer session, planned to be held on June 22-26, was canceled due to coronavirus pandemic

Viacheslav Volodin asked to explore the possibility of holding Russia-Iran Inter-parliamentary Commission via videoconference

The Chairman of the State Duma gave relevant instructions to the Committee on International Affairs

Tax Free System: main information about tax free shopping in Russia

Tax Free electronic checks system will be launched in Russia on 1 January 2021. Members of the State Duma adopted the relevant bill on July 9. Foreign citizens will be able to use e-checks to request Tax Refund for goods purchased in Russia

Chairman of the State Duma Committee commented on allegations against Russia of COVID-19 disinformation

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy commented articles of the Associated Press and The New York Times containing allegations against Russia of spreading disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic to discredit the US authorities. He called it another fake and targeted media strategy in advance of the upcoming elections of the 46th US President