State Duma News

Next CSTO PA session and meeting of the CSTO PA Council will be held in Russia

Date and venue will be determined later. Such decision was taken at the meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization

Chairman of the State Duma: it is necessary to expedite the adoption of model acts to harmonize the legislation of the CSTO member states

Viacheslav Volodin noted that 31 model acts out of 43 planned for 2016-2020 have already been adopted

Viacheslav Volodin urged to strengthen the CSTO's capacity to address challenges similar to the spread of COVID-19

Chairman of the State Duma said that at the meeting of the CSTO PA Council, which was held via videconference for the first time. The issue includes coordination of the Organization's member states to ensure security in the face of pandemics and other threats

On June 15 Viacheslav Volodin will hold a meeting of the CSTO PA Council via videoconference

The meeting agenda includes consideration of the Draft program of activities of the Parliamentary Assembly for convergence and harmonization of national legislations

Chair of the International Committee commented on the State Department’s statement that Russia should leave the Middle East

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy reminded that the grounds of Russia’s presence in Syria are absolutely legitimate as it sent its personnel at the invitation of the country's leadership

Member of the State Duma commented on the allegations of Russia’s involvement in cyber attacks

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy emphasized that if Berlin decided to impose any new sanctions, that would be an unconscious and destructive step

State Duma prepared bills to counter interference in the Russian internal affairs

Initiatives were discussed at a meeting of the Commission of the State Duma on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs, which will be introduced in the State Duma in the near future. The bills are aimed at counteracting inclining to the consumption of drugs via the Internet, as well as combating the justification of extremist activity and provocateurs training

Viacheslav Volodin: US goal is to maintain its dominance by destructing other countries

According to the Chairman of the State Duma, “a lot of media and bloggers do not realize that they are used by the CIA and the US State Department to destroy their own country.” He also emphasized that “American democracy means enrichment at the expense of others”

Adalbi Shkhagoshev: Foreign Ministry stressed the importance of holding the Forum “Development of Parliamentarism” after the pandemic

The substantial international forum initiated by the State Duma provides a unique opportunity for direct communication of parliamentarians from different countries, addressing issues, preparing recommendations for the executive authorities, as said the First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction Adalbi Shkhagoshev

State Duma Commission sent a request to the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate the dissemination of fake news on mortality rate in Russia due to coronavirus by Western media

The commission asked the Prosecutor General's Office to react to the publication of articles in the New York Times and the Financial Times, as well as in several foreign Russian-language media, said its chairman Vasilii Piskarev

Viacheslav Volodin discussed with speakers of the parliaments of Armenia and Kazakhstan the holding of a meeting of the CSTO PA Council in June via videoconference

The speakers discussed the situation with the coronavirus in the world and the holding of a meeting of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in June via videoconference

State Duma Commission will review fake news about allegedly inconsistent data on coronavirus mortality rate in Russia

The statements published in English-language newspapers are factually inaccurate and have already been officially refuted by representatives of the Russian authorities, but the State Duma Commission intends to find out why such publications appear, said Vasilii Piskarev

Viacheslav Volodin had a telephone conversation with Chairman of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan Dastan Jumabekov

The parties discussed the situation with the spread of coronavirus in the world, as well as the possibility of holding a CSTO PA meeting in June via a videoconference

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the introduction of a resolution on alleged human rights violations in Russia to the US Congress

“Russia has respected and is observing all basic human rights, pursuing a humane and balanced policy. Accusations of the contrary are biased, at least,” the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs emphasized

Address of the CSTO PA to the parliaments of the Council of Europe member states on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism in World War II