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Viacheslav Volodin met with Chairman of the Majlisi Milli of the Majlisi Oli of Tajikistan Rustami Emomali

Meeting was held on July 1 during the working visit of the delegation of the State Duma to Dushanbe

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of Tajikistan

Meeting of Viacheslav Volodin and Emomali Rahmon was held on July 1 in Dushanbe during the working visit of the Chairman of the State Duma to the Republic of Tajikistan

Petr Tolstoy: Russia has fulfilled all the obligations undertaken when it joined the Council of Europe

He also recalled that the Russian Federation had consistently and for a long-time favored reforming the monitoring procedures: not country-by-country monitoring, but missions should examine particular issues, as that would help to avoid drawing dangerous dividing lines between the member states of the Council of Europe

Chairman of the State Duma discussed with Speaker of Althingi inter-parliamentary cooperation between Russia and Iceland

Viacheslav Volodin and Steingrímur J. Sigfússon agreed to enhance inter-parliamentary cooperation on Arctic issues

Viacheslav Volodin noted China’s experience in creating a stable and strong government system

China’s example once again demonstrates what may be achieved on the basis of the party-political system which has proved its effectiveness. The Chairman of the State Duma is convinced that it would lead to even greater achievements in the future

Viacheslav Volodin called on international organizations to condemn the UK’s actions in the situation with HMS Defender

The Chairman of the State Duma wrote in his Telegram channel that “attempts to keep quiet and to sweep that incident under the rug are simply another evidence of double standards”

Viacheslav Volodin called the PACE resolution on Crimea biased and offensive

The Chairman of the State Duma stressed that Russian parliamentarians “have the right to address the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to introduce a ban on entry to Russia for a parliamentarian who prepared a report on the Crimean Tatars”. That issue will also be discussed at the meeting with the Speaker of the Icelandic Parliament on June 29

Vasilii Piskarev: NGOs held trainings in Prague how to collect confidential and classified information in former Soviet republics

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasillii Piskarev made addressed the participants of the coordination meeting of the heads of parliamentary delegations of the CSTO member states in the OSCE PA

Vasilii Piskarev presented materials on foreign interference at the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation

The materials include fragments of video records and screen shots of documents of some non-governmental organizations and media recognized in Russia as undesirable

Leonid Slutskiy: State Duma of the 7th convocation has done a lot, but there are still a lot of issues that should be resolved

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs said that “the State Duma’s five-year term was quite difficult for all of us, but it can be called quite successful in matters of parliamentary diplomacy.” In particular, he noted the fact that the members of the State Duma actively participated in the activities of inter-parliamentary organizations, primarily, the IPU and the OSCE PA

Members of the State Duma adopted a statement on escalation of the situation in Transnistria

Members of the State Duma condemned blockade and restrictive measures against Transnistria and stressed the need to unblock the negotiation process to resolve the Moldova-Transnistria conflict in the shortest possible time. The relevant statement was adopted at the plenary meeting on Wednesday, June 16

The 60th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Belarus and Russia was held today

Parliamentarians from Russia and Belarus discussed preparation of model legislation

New procedures of Russian language proficiency tests foreign citizens in the Russian Federation

The updated information about new unified procedures of Russian language proficiency tests, tests on the history of Russia and Russian legislation for foreign citizens

Viacheslav Volodin urged international organizations to put issue of protection of rights and freedoms of citizens in order

Chairman of the State Duma stressed the need to monitor by representatives of PACE and OSCE not only the actions of the Ukrainian authorities and analyze the results, but also to monitor the situations in other states

Members of the State Duma condemned decision of Ukrainian authorities not to recognize Russians as indigenous people

Members of the State Duma consider the legislative initiative of the President of Ukraine as “an insult to historical memory and blatant provocation aimed at escalating tensions and conflicts in Ukraine and abroad”