June 17, 2019 Leaders of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia laid wreaths to the Victory Monument Ceremony was traditionally held in the capital of the Republic of Belarus on the eve of the Memorial Day June 22
June 17, 2019 Delegation of the State Duma headed by Viacheslav Volodin arrived in Minsk In the capital of the Republic of Belarus, the 56th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia will take place on 17 June. During the meeting, the priorities of the further development of the Union State and the activities of the Assembly will be discussed
June 14, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin: interest in the International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism” is growing — parliamentarians and experts from more than 110 countries will participate in it The Chairman of the State Duma said that issues of international security, digital economy, and environmental protection will be the main topics of the International Forum "Development of Parliamentarism"
June 13, 2019 Council of the State Duma will decide on the application to PACE and approve the composition of the delegation on June 19 Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin specified that the delegation consists of seven representatives of the Federation Council and 11 members of the State Duma. It is planned that the delegation will be headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy
June 13, 2019 International Committee supported the draft law on the suspension of the INF Treaty introduced by the Russian President It recommended reviewing the first reading of the draft law on June 18. In accordance with the draft law, the President of the Russian Federation is entitled to decide on the renewal of the Treaty. The law will come into force on the date of its official publication
June 13, 2019 Leonid Slutskiy: Washington wants to realize its foreign policy tasks using a few recourses and bearing in mind only its needs The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the intention of the US Congress to increase military assistance to Ukraine to $250 million in 2020 fully complies with the American task of securing Ukraine in its sphere of influence, and the main goal of this is “to preserve Kyev’s anti-Russian policy without any possible constructive changes after the arrival of the new administration"
June 13, 2019 Evgenii Primakov: Healthy economic relationships with the East can be just as profitable as with Europe A member of the Committee on International Affairs believes that "this is not a choice of “either or." He noted that China is a huge market, “and it’s really beneficial for us to cooperate with it”
June 13, 2019 Chairman of the relevant Committee commented on words of Ukrainian Foreign Minister about reaction to Russia’s return to PACE Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the promises of the Ukrainian Foreign Minister "not to make formal polite gestures" towards PACE if the Russian delegation returns to Strasbourg is blackmail, which "is hardly able to impress anyone"
June 10, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin congratulated Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on his election as President of Kazakhstan The Chairman of the State Duma expects that relations between Russia and Kazakhstan, including at the inter-parliamentary level, will be actively developed with the support of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
June 10, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin expressed hope that the political situation in Moldova will be resolved The Chairman of the State Duma is confident that the legitimately elected authorities of the Republic will support the development of Moldova within the principles of the supremacy of law, democracy and respect for the choice of citizens
June 9, 2019 Sergei Neverov: elections in Kazakhstan are held at a high organizational level Members of the State Duma participate as international observers at the elections of the President of Kazakhstan
June 8, 2019 Viacheslav Volodin congratulated Zinaida Greceanîi on her election as Chairwoman of the Parliament of Moldova
June 7, 2019 Chairman of the State Duma said that the sanctions will not affect fulfillment of the state's obligations to citizens Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin in an interview to the TV channel "Russia 1" at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum-2019 said that no matter who imposed sanctions against Russia, the authorities will be able to deal with this situation and fulfill all its obligations to citizens
June 7, 2019 Russia is waiting for concrete steps to cease hostilities in southeastern Ukraine Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told this in an interview with the TV channel Russia 1 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum-2019
June 5, 2019 Chairman of the State Duma and deputies took part in the gala evening on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and China The event took place in the Bolshoi Theater after the talks between the leaders of the two countries that were held earlier at the Kremlin
