State Duma News

The 5th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments to be held in Indonesia

This is stated in the Statement adopted at the 4th Meeting of Speakers, which was held in Nur-Sultan

Leonid Slutskiy: the US unduly and treacherously abuse its right

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the situation with delay in the issuance of US visas for part of the Russian delegation to the 74th session of the UN General Assembly is a deliberate provocation

Parliamentarians of the Russian Federation and Qatar will prepare a memorandum of understanding and cooperation

This was agreed by Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and the Speaker of the Advisory Council of Qatar, Ahmad Bin Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, during a meeting on the sidelines of the 4th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

Viacheslav Volodin and Mustafa Şentop discussed expansion of number of participants of the Conference on fight against terrorism and interregional cooperation

The Chairman of the State Duma and the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey held a meeting on the sidelines of the 4th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

Viacheslav Volodin urged parliamentarians not to remain silent in response to threats to global security

Opening the 4th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments, which the main topic is “Greater Eurasia: Dialogue. Trust. Partnership”, the Chairman of the State Duma spoke about violations of the agreements, in particular, the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty

Speaker of the House of the People of the National Assembly of Afghanistan will visit Russia

Mir Rahman Rahmani accepted the invitation of Viacheslav Volodin. The Chairman of the State Duma noted that the official visit of the newly elected Speaker of the House of the People of the National Assembly of Afghanistan will be the best way to strengthen the achieved successes in relations between the two countries

Chairman of the State Duma discussed with Chairwoman of the Senate of Kazakhstan use of water resources

Viacheslav Volodin and Dariga Nazarbayeva also discussed the situation in Syria and the issues of cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan during the meeting

Viacheslav Volodin met with Nursultan Nazarbayev

The Chairman of the State Duma conveyed “warm greetings and good wishes” to the first President of Kazakhstan from President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

Chairman of the State Duma: the USA applies the principle of “divide and rule” to Ukraine

Viacheslav Volodin said this at a meeting with Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary László Kövér. The Chairman of the State Duma noted that this is an unfair principle, and trust is necessary for the development of relations between countries

Russia and Hungary to create Inter-Parliamentary Commission

Such proposal was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin at the meeting with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary László Kövér. The agreement on the establishment of the Commission will be signed during the visit of the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament to Russia

Viacheslav Volodin: trusting relationships within the EAEU attract European parliamentarians

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin discussed with Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin the development of relations within the framework of Eurasian cooperation, including the upcoming 4th Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

The State Duma received evidence that Google and Facebook posted illegal campaigning information on the ”day of silence“

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs, told that following the meeting of the Commission. The meeting was held in the State Duma on Friday, September 20

International Committee held a meeting with a delegation of Egyptian parliamentarians

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy proposed to hold a joint meeting of the international affairs committees of the State Duma and the Egyptian parliament after Sochi meetings at the end of this year or at the beginning of the next one

Viacheslav Volodin met with Chairperson of the PACE Socialist Group Frank Schwabe

Viacheslav Volodin and Frank Schwabe discussed the situation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the further work of Russia within the framework of the Assembly

Viacheslav Volodin invited colleagues from the parliament of Uzbekistan to become observers at the CSTO PA

The Chairman of the State Duma said this in an interview with TV channel “Uzbekistan 24” following a meeting with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev