State Duma News

Leonid Slutskiy called for a revision of international agreements signed by Russia

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs also noted that the parliamentarians are ready to submit for consideration the draft law introduced by the President of the Russian Federation on the withdrawal of the statement made upon ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts

President of the Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela: we survived only because of Russia

On Thursday, October 17, a bilateral meeting between Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and President of the Constituent National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello Rondón took place in the State Duma

Delegation of the Businesswomen’s Society of the Kingdom of Bahrain visited the State Duma

Today, on October 15, the Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Olga Epifanova held a meeting with a delegation of Businesswomen’s Society of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The delegation was accompanied by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain Ahmed Abdulrahman Al Saati

Viacheslav Volodin: Georgian President must apologize to the citizens of Russia and our country

On Tuesday, October 15, bilateral meeting of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and President of the Council of States of the Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation Jean-René Fournier took place in the State Duma

Viacheslav Volodin: the Conference in Istanbul is a big step for the Eurasian countries towards each other

The Chairman of the State Duma summarized the results of the 3rd Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity and called to join efforts to counter terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking

Joint Declaration of the ”Third Conference of Speakers of Parliaments on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity“

We, the Speakers and Heads of Delegations of the National Parliaments of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, holding the Third Conference of Speakers of Parliaments on the theme of “Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity” in Istanbul on 11-12 October 2019

Viacheslav Volodin: it is advantageous for the US to create tension points in Eurasia

According to the Chairman of the State Duma, this allows the United States to weaken the states of this region and violate their sovereignty

Viacheslav Volodin met with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

During the official reception, the President of Turkey talked with all participants of the 3rd Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments on Countering Terrorism and Strengthening Regional Connectivity

Inga Iumasheva told what questions she was asked during her detention in the United States

Member of the Committee on International Affairs gave an interview to our website and explained the reasons why one should not lower to the level of the United States and deviate from the chosen course of stable and positive cooperation

State Duma will send an address to the leadership of the US Parliament in connection with the incident in New York

This was announced by Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy after the meeting of the Council of the State Duma. Also, according to him, the State Duma will cancel the planned trips of members of the State Duma to the United States for the near future, but there are no plans of reducing inter-parliamentary ties

Members of the State Duma suspend trips to the USA

Business trips will be suspended until the US authorities officially explain why the member of the State Duma Inga Iumasheva was interrogated by the FBI at the New York airport and apologize

Inga Iumasheva told about the FBI interrogation

On October 8, the member of the Committee on International Affairs returned to Russia from the United States and told what happened at the New York airport, she also thanked everyone who supported her, including ordinary Americans who apologized to her for what had happened

Leonid Kalashnikov: parliamentarians of Russia and Georgia find common ground even after serious crises

This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee on Issues of the CIS and Contacts with Fellow Countrymen following a meeting of the Russia-Georgia inter-parliamentary dialogue group. The issue of resumption of flights between the countries was also discussed at the meeting, according to the parliamentarian, this is possible to be done in the near future, but the safety of Russian citizens remains a priority

Chairman of the State Duma: if Ukraine had wanted stable development, it would never have come into conflict with Russia

In an interview with the TV channel Rossiya 24, the Chairman of the State Duma noted that, as a rule, such agenda of the double standards aimed at stopping the development of our country is initiated and further produced by the US satellite countries: the Baltic States, Poland, Ukraine, and Georgia

Leonid Slutskiy called the actions of US security services in relation to Inga Iumasheva illegal

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs reminded that Iumasheva is a member of the Committee of the State Duma on International Affairs and "has a diplomatic passport like all other deputies." “That is why I consider the hourly detention of Iumasheva by FBI officers to be absolutely illegal. The Russian Embassy in the United States has already filed a note of protest. We are waiting for reaction and explanations of the American authorities,” he concluded