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Viacheslav Volodin will hold a meeting of the inter-parliamentary commission of Russia and Iran

On January 27, the Chairman of the State Duma will pay a working visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran, during which he will hold the second meeting of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, and will also meet Speaker Ali Larijani

Russian delegation in PACE will raise the issue of clarifying the mechanism for depriving delegations of their credentials

According to Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy and Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy, delegates from Russia will raise the issue of increasing the quorum for taking reactive measures to countries violating the principles of the Council of Europe

The State Duma Commission on Foreign Interference to examine foreign media publications on snap elections

The Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs will carefully examine the publications of a number of foreign media about possible re-election to the State Duma

Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

The President of Russia delivered the Address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday, January 15. The ceremony took place at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall. Here is the full text of the Address

Leonid Slutskiy met with Kazem Jalali

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran discussed issues of bilateral cooperation, including in the parliamentary dimension, and the situation in the region

State Duma intends to fight for the preservation of historical memory

Representatives of factions of the State Duma expressed support for the statement of Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin on the need to protect historical memory and preserve the true history about the deeds of our soldiers in the Great Patriotic War

Viacheslav Volodin urged deputies to consider the protection of historical memory a priority in international activity

The Chairman of the State Duma announced this, opening the first meeting of the spring session. He emphasized that everything must be done to protect the fighters against fascism within the parliamentary dimension

Leonid Slutskiy considers the resolution of the Polish Sejm “rare cynicism”

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the document does not stand up to criticism, and indicated that adopting such resolutions the country's parliament is trying to cover up, rehabilitate flirting of its own previous statesmen with the Nazi regime

Leonid Slutskiy: unlawful murder of Soleimani is the US barbarous provocation

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the assassination of the head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qasem Soleimani by a US air strike

Viacheslav Volodin invited the US Department of State to test ambassadors’ knowledge of the history of the countries where they have to work

Chairman of the State Duma voiced his position on the statement of the US ambassador to Poland

Viacheslav Volodin noted the State Duma’s success in international activity

In an interview with TV channel Rossiya 24, the Chairman of the State Duma spoke about the resumption of contacts with PACE, as well as British and Ukrainian parliamentarians

Viacheslav Volodin and Viktor Medvedchuk agreed on the following broad round of meetings

The Chairman of the State Duma held talks with the Chairman of the Inter-Factional Parliamentary Association of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue for Peace: Ukraine-Russia-Germany-France” in the State Duma

Russian and British lawmakers begin restoration of inter-parliamentary relations

Today a meeting between Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and members of the House of Lords of the British Parliament was held in the State Duma

Leonid Slutskiy: the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump is a revenge of the Democrats

"The vote in the House of Representatives for the impeachment against Trump is the result of internal party confrontation and the revenge of the Democrats for the defeat in the 2016 presidential election," said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin met with PACE President Liliane Maury Pasquier

On December 17, the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Liliane Maury Pasquier in Moscow. The conversation lasted more than two hours