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October 16, 2023

The 2nd meeting of the Inter-parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Vietnam was held in Hanoi

Vyacheslav Volodin and Vương Đình Huệ opened the meeting. Parliamentarians discussed issues of providing legislative support to cooperation between the two states in the fields of energy and transport, information technology and agriculture, science and higher education, financial and interbank interaction

October 16, 2023

Vyacheslav Volodin: only independence and freedom give opportunities to nations to develop freely

According to Chairman of the State Duma, despite the fact that sanctions create difficulties and restrictions, they also provide opportunities for development

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. 2nd meeting of the Inter-parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Vietnam

October 16, 2023

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Vyacheslav Volodin and Võ Văn Thưởng discussed issues of cooperation between Russia and Vietnam in various fields

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Võ Văn Thưởng

October 15, 2023

Vyacheslav Volodin: parliaments of Russia and Vietnam should implement new formats to develop mutual beneficial cooperation

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin met with Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vương Đình Huệ in Hanoi

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vương Đình Huệ

The State Duma Committee at the request of Vyacheslav Volodin prepared a bill on de-ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

October 12, 2023

It is planned to consider the bill on October 17. The fact the USA has not ratified the Treaty for 23 years is meanness and irresponsible attitude. “In this case, we will be guided by the interests of our country and our citizens”, as emphasized Chairman of the State Duma

October 11, 2023

Chairman of the State Duma met with Executive Vice President of Venezuela

Vyacheslav Volodin noted the contribution of Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Nicolás Maduro, to the development of relations between Russia and Venezuela

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and Executive Vice President, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez

October 11, 2023

Vyacheslav Volodin: Washington is the main beneficiary in armed conflicts

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that Washington always used tragedies of millions of people to satisfy its own economic interests

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin

October 10, 2023

Vyacheslav Volodin: Biden, Macron, Scholz are responsible for creating tensions in the world

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the weapons that the USA and EU pumped up Ukraine with are now used in Palestine and Israel

October 10, 2023

Members of the State Duma denounced the Framework Convention of the Council of Europe for the Protection of National Minorities

The decision was proposed by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

October 9, 2023

The Council of the State Duma at the proposal of Vyacheslav Volodin instructed to study the issue of de-ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

The Committee on International Affairs will study the issue together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other interested departments

October 6, 2023

Bill to increase visa fee for EU citizens has been introduced to the State Duma

It is proposed to take mirror measures and to equalize visa fees for issuing Russian visas with the norms currently established in the European Union, Denmark, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, as their authorities had unilaterally completely suspended international agreements with the Russian Federation on the mutual simplification of visa procedures, and started to collect higher visa fees

October 6, 2023

Vyacheslav Volodin: issue of de-ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty will be considered at the next meeting of the State Duma Council

That goes in line with the national interests of our state and will be a mirror response to the US activity, as the USA has not ratified the Treaty yet, emphasizes Chairman of the State Duma

October 2, 2023

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of the Chamber of Senators of the National Congress of Paraguay

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin noted the importance of development of the parliamentary dimension, new formats of cooperation between states

Meeting of Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and President of the Chamber of Senators of the National Congress of Paraguay Silvio Adalberto Ovelar Benítez

October 2, 2023

The First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America” was held in Moscow. Text translation

More than 200 participants, including parliamentarians from different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Region, representatives of the expert community, public figures and diplomats took part in the Conference. Follow our text translation to find all the information about the key events of the Conference

October 2, 2023

Vyacheslav Volodin and Amado Cerrud Acevedo signed an agreement granting the State Duma an observer status at the PARLACEN

The relevant ceremony was held on the sidelines of the First International Parliamentary Conference “Russia – Latin America”