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Viacheslav Volodin: European Parliament and PACE need to promptly discuss the risks of the consequences of deploying American missiles in Europe

The Chairman of the State Duma commented on the situation that had developed after the United States withdrew from the INF Treaty and tested a new cruise missile with a range of over 500 km on August 18, and a statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin

Head of the International Committee called the second round of Skripals-related US sanctions the next wave of a massive anti-Russian provocation

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy reminded that recently Scotland Yard was forced to admit that it could not find evidence of Russian involvement in the so-called poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal

Vasilii Piskarev told about the tasks of the new Commission of the State Duma

The first meeting of the Commission on the investigation of the foreign states' interference in the Russia's internal affairs was held in the State Duma. It will analyze and study data on foreign interference in the internal affairs of our country, as well as defend Russia's sovereignty on international platforms

Leonid Slutskiy: G7 steps to contain and isolate our country will ultimately lead to nothing

According to the Chairman of the Committee, if Russia receives an invitation to participate in the G7 summit in 2020, the event’s agenda and ensuring of the equal rights of all parties should be considered

Leonid Slutskiy considers the results of the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron as a forward step

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the coordinator of Interparliamentary Group on interaction with Parliament of the French Republic, noted that this is a step both towards development of bilateral cooperation and the "untying of the most complex knots of modern international politics"

Leonid Slutskiy: we will use the parliamentary resource to resist attempts to interfere in the elections

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs also emphasized that this is “an absolutely timely measure, which should not be delayed for a minute”

Viacheslav Volodin: the US and the UK probably decided to stop granting political asylum to Russian citizens

Extraordinary meeting of the Council of the State Duma on foreign interference in the Russia’s internal affairs will be held on August 19

This was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. The Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasilii Piskarev was mandated to study the existing materials, analyze the situation and to present proposals to the Council of the State Duma to consider the facts of interference

Committee on Security and Corruption Control will request information on interference in the elections from law enforcement agencies

The Committee on Security and Corruption Control supports the initiative of the leaders of the factions to examine in detail who can stand behind the riots in Moscow and attempts to influence the course of the election campaign in Russia

The United Russia faction supported the proposal to investigate foreign interference in Russia's internal affairs

Representatives of the United Russia faction also supported the initiative of colleagues to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council of the State Duma, said first deputy head of the faction Andrey Isaev

Leonid Slutskiy commented on Donald Trump’s decree on freezing all Venezuelan government assets in the US

According to the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the decree of President of the USA Donald Trump on freezing all Venezuelan government assets in the US is "banditry and raiding". "Washington behaves as an extremely unreliable partner who, under far-fetched grounds, is engaged in pure robbery. Such actions are contrary to international law," said Leonid Slutskiy

Gennady Zyuganov proposed to hold a meeting of the State Duma Council on August 19 to discuss the issue of foreign interference in elections in Russia

According to the head of the Communist Party faction, it is necessary to create a commission to investigate the intervention of foreign forces in the Russian elections and find out who stands behind the provocations and who gives money for this

In August foreign diplomats will be asked to come to the State Duma to report on attempts to interfere in Russian elections

The head of the LDPR faction Vladimir Zhirinovskii called on "the harshest way" to respond to attempts of foreign interference in Russia's internal affairs

Sergei Mironov initiated an investigation of foreign interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation

The head of the Just Russia faction called to create a working group of the State Duma to analyze the facts of foreign interference in Russia's internal affairs, in particular, in the elections to be held in the fall. He proposed to convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council of the State Duma to address this issue