January 27, 2020 Chairman of State Duma discussed with President of Iran development of relations between the two states During the meeting, Viacheslav Volodin also conveyed greetings from President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to Hassan Rouhani
January 27, 2020 Viacheslav Volodin: Russia and Iran should strengthen inter-parliamentary ties The Chairman of the State Duma said this at a meeting with the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Larijani, which was held in Tehran. He noted the importance of developing inter-parliamentary ties to overcome the challenges, which Moscow and Tehran are facing
January 24, 2020 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
January 23, 2020 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
January 22, 2020 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
January 15, 2020 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
January 15, 2020 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
January 14, 2020 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
January 14, 2020 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
January 10, 2020 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
January 3, 2020 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
December 31, 2019 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
December 30, 2019 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
December 24, 2019 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
December 19, 2019 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
