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Members of the State Duma will observe elections of the President of Kazakhstan

A delegation of the State Duma will visit Kazakhstan to observe the elections of the President of the country, Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin said

Chairman of the State Duma called the dynamics of the development of Russia-Kyrgyzstan inter-parliamentary cooperation as positive

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told about it in an interview with the Kyrgyz TV Channel “Public First Channel”

CSTO PA Council will discuss Armenia’s initiative to hold a meeting of the organization in Yerevan

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin stated this during a bilateral meeting with President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan

Chairman of the State Duma called for the intensification of cooperation with Kyrgyzstan on educational projects

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin called for increased interaction with Kyrgyzstan in the area of education, pointing out that Russia is ready to work on the issues of specialists training and preparation of Russian language textbooks for citizens of the republic coming to the country

Viacheslav Volodin: trade between Russia and Kyrgyzstan grew by 17 percent

The Chairman of the State Duma announced this at a meeting with Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Dastan Jumabekov in Bishkek on May 19

Delegation of the State Duma headed by Viacheslav Volodin arrived in Kyrgyzstan

Parliamentarians will participate in the events of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a number of bilateral meetings of the Chairman of the State Duma is planned

Viacheslav Volodin: we will decide on the application to PACE based on the interests of our citizens and our country

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin commented on the statement of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the equality of all delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Head of the International Committee commented on the statement of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, believes that the statement of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe "does not yet contain a major breakthrough in terms of resolving the crisis in Russia’s interaction with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe"

Member of the State Duma commented on the new Ukrainian sanctions against Russia

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy doubts that the imposition of new sanctions by Ukraine will seriously affect Russian economy, and believes that “the outgoing Ukrainian government makes it worse only for its own country”

Sergei Zhelezniak: the United States is trying in vain to continue to act as a justice of the peace

A member of the Committee on International Affairs stressed that the dialogue between Russia and the United States is possible and necessary. The parliamentarian noted that Russia shows its willingness to discuss any, even the most urgent issues, including issues of bilateral cooperation and issues of international concern

Dmitrii Belik: Ukrainian authorities banned their people to speak

Member of the United Russia faction, member of the Committee on Control and Regulations, believes that the adoption of a law prohibiting the use of the Russian language in Ukraine is another attack on people's memory and values that had been created by the Ukrainian, Russian, and earlier Soviet people

Viacheslav Volodin met with Speaker of the Parliament of Slovakia Andrej Danko

The Chairman of the State Duma and the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic noted the dynamic development of relations between the two countries and the need for more effective cooperation between the parliaments of Russia and Slovakia

In Berlin members of the State Duma honored the memory of the fallen Soviet soldiers

Russian parliamentarians together with colleagues from the German Bundestag laid flowers and wreaths at the monument to the Soldier-Liberator, honoring the memory of those who died in World War II

Chairman of the State Duma and President of the National Assembly of Armenia will hold the first bilateral meeting at the CSTO PA

On May 19, on the sidelines of the Parliamentary Assembly in Bishkek, a series of bilateral meetings between Viacheslav Volodin and the heads of parliaments of the CSTO member states will be held

Chairman of the State Duma and Speaker of the National Council of Slovakia will discuss issues of inter-parliamentary interaction

Viacheslav Volodin and Andrej Danko will discuss inter-parliamentary interaction between Russia and Slovakia in Moscow