State Duma News

Members of the State Duma visited the DPRK

The parliamentary delegation consisted of representatives of four parliamentary parties: the CPRF faction was represented by Kazbek Taisaev, who heads the parliamentary group on relations with the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly; Andrei Kuzmin from Liberal Democratic Party faction, Fedot Tumusov from Just Russia faction. The delegation was led by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, the head of the United Russia faction Sergei Neverov

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and President of the Omani Council of State discussed the settlement of the Syrian crisis

During the meeting Sergei Neverov noted that "the approaches of our countries on key problems of the Middle East and international relations are close. Our countries are in favor of resolving the conflicts and crisis situations remaining in the Middle East by political means"

Petr Tolstoy called the PACE resolution an ultimatum

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the adopted PACE resolution calls for return of the Russian delegation, but provides no guarantees

Leonid Slutskiy: it is too early to celebrate and expect the return of Russia to PACE, this is only the first step

The Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma on International Affairs commented on the adopted report of the Dutch Senator Tiny Kox that allows the creation of a special mechanism between the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and PACE

Members of the State Duma proposed to hold an international parliamentary conference on the return of Syrian refugees home

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Neverov proposed this initiative to the Turkish and Iranian colleagues at the first joint meeting of the foreign affairs committees of the State Duma and the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Islamic Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran held in the State Duma

Viacheslav Volodin and Vladimir Andreichenko held a working meeting

The Chairman of the State Duma and the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus discussed the preparation for the next meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia

Adalbi Shkhagoshev: Russia is an honest mediator trusted by different countries

Speaking at the plenary meeting the first deputy head of the United Russia faction, a member of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control noted the Russian role in the diplomatic settlement of conflicts and the contribution of the State Duma to this process

Anton Morozov: American businessmen are already tired of Washington's Russophobic policy

Member of the Committee on International Affairs believes that US business representatives are aware of the serious implications for economic development and foreign trade cooperation between the countries. At the same time, the parliamentarian is sure that the restrictive measures against Russia has not succeed in weakening of the country’s economy

Sergei Zhelezniak: an active dialogue between the presidents of Russia and Turkey on the Syrian issue confirms a common interest in easing tensions

Member of the International Committee commented on negotiations of the presidents of Russia and Turkey and noted that the bilateral agreements will allow to improve the business climate between our countries in new spheres, positively affect the growth of investment in the economy and coordination of joint actions on the international arena

Viacheslav Volodin: legislation in the education sphere should be a priority issue for inter-parliamentary interaction

The Chairman of the State Duma stated this speaking at the plenary session of the 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which is devoted to topic “Parliaments as a platform for the development of education in the interests of peace, security and the rule of law”

Chairman of the State Duma emphasized the inadmissibility of unilateral steps in international relations

According to Viacheslav Volodin, the effectiveness of parliamentary structures depends on how much they uphold the values of democracy, the international norms, and rules that countries have created for decades

Chairman of the State Duma called upon parliaments to work together to ensure the digital sovereignty of countries

Giving a speech at the meeting of the 140th IPU Assembly, Viacheslav Volodin expressed confidence that in order to effectively counter modern threats it is necessary to form model legislation on key problems and challenges of today

Viacheslav Volodin proposed to hold a meeting of the Russian-Vietnamese inter-parliamentary commission in the Arctic Circle

The meeting of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin with Chairwoman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân took place in Doha. One of the topics that were discussed was the organization of a meeting of the high-level inter-parliamentary commission between Russia and Vietnam

Iranian delegation was invited to participate in the International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism”

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin met with Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Larijani on the margins of the 140th IPU Assembly in Doha

Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey: Russia and Turkey closely cooperate at a high political level

A meeting of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly (Parliament) of Turkey Mustafa Şentop was held within the framework of the 140th IPU Assembly in Doha