Slutsky Leonid Eduardovich

December 20, 2018

The State Duma will request information on Russian-Japanese talks on the Kuril Islands from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Committee on International Affairs is supposed to address the Ministry. A group of members of the CPRF faction initiated to adopt relevant protocol commitment. “We got the commitment, will consider it and later inform the Chamber about the results”, - Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy said

December 12, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: partial lifting of sanctions clauses in PACE will not solve problems in relations with Russia

The head of the Committee on International Affairs called a partial prohibition on depriving a right to vote a half-measure in order to ensure the legitimacy of the election of Council of Europe officials and judges of the ECHR. The member of the State Duma believes that if the possibility of depriving national delegations of the right to vote in PACE maintains the principles of parliamentarism will be violated

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

December 7, 2018

Statements of the US Secretary of State about the violation of the INF Treaty by Russia were commented in the State Duma

Head of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy stated that using such accusations, the American authorities are trying, first of all, to strengthen the effect of their statements, not to find the truth. The parliamentarian noted that it was the United States that for the last few years had been engaged in testing of target-missiles for the missile defense system, which, according to the general opinion of specialists, are actually medium-range missiles

November 30, 2018

Member of the State Duma commented on the cancellation of the meeting of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, believes that the cancellation of the meeting of the presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States is a “Twitter anti-diplomacy” and “a kind of PR move”

November 27, 2018

Members of the Committee on International Affairs believe that the situation in Aleppo should receive the proper OPCW reaction

Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy said that "flirting of the West with terrorist organizations such as Jabhat al-Nusra leads to the fact that the center of terrorism still cannot be extinguished in Syria." He believes that this situation should finally be brought up for discussion by the world community

November 26, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: it is necessary to raise the topic of the crossing of the Russian state border by the ships of the Ukrainian Navy with the OSCE PA and IPU

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stated that “it is necessary to take real measures on international platforms so that such incidents become impossible in the future”

November 26, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: voting at Interpol and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is links in one chain

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that voting at Interpol and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is links in a chain, which the US and its satellite countries are using in an attempt to grade international law and turn the largest organizations of international cooperation into platforms for “settling political scores and promoting their interests"

November 15, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: international human rights organizations should take measures to protect Maria Butina

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs sent a letter to the Secretary General of Amnesty International Kumi Naidoo with a request to defend the rights of a Russian national prisoner in the United States

November 7, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: “There were no surprises in the midterm elections to the US Congress”

Democrats secure the most seats in the House of Representatives, Republicans strengthen their positions in the Senate. Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that "such an outcome shows that the split still persists in American society"

November 7, 2018

State Duma members as part of the OSCE PA delegation monitor the mid-term elections to the US Congress

Midterm elections to the Congress are taking place in the US. Among the observers of the OSCE PA, there are two State Duma members, Artem Turov and Aleksei Kornienko. They are observing elections in Washington and Maryland

November 2, 2018

Ivan Melnikov declared over-politization of the G7 and the Council of Europe

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the Russian Federation still welcomes any joint action for peace, equitable and sustainable development on the planet

November 1, 2018

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the results of the elections of the President of Brazil

Leonid Slutskiy expressed hope that the interaction between two countries in the UN, BRICS and the G20 will be continued and also said that Brazil's new President, Jair Bolsonaro, “has already promised a sound foreign policy approach”

October 22, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: “US withdrawal from INF Treaty may entail withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty”

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs is sure that this will completely demolish the entire non-proliferation and disarmament regime on the planet, which took decades to build in the second half of the last century

October 22, 2018

Member of the State Duma called war on monuments in Poland “a policy of state vandalism”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that the dismantling of the monument of Gratitude to the Red Army in Warsaw is a hateful act of ungrateful descendants. He noted that “this barbarism and the disregard of historical memory happen with the full connivance of the European community against the background of a common anti-Russian hysteria”

October 18, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: the decision of the EU Council to adopt sanctions regime to counter the use of chemical weapons is highly questionable

Earlier, EU foreign ministers adopted a new regime of restrictive measures to address the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. According to it, the European Union will be able to impose sanctions on persons and entities involved in the development and use of chemical weapons anywhere, regardless of their nationality and location

October 11, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the possibility of expulsion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe

According to the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland just tries to take the lead. At the same time, Leonid Slutskiy noted that, perhaps, the Russian Federation should consider suspension of the membership in the Council of Europe itself, without waiting for an expulsion

October 7, 2018

Viacheslav Volodin will take part in the Third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments

The Chairman of the State Duma will pay a working visit to Antalya on October 7-9 to take part in the Third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments. The main topic of the event is “Economic Cooperation, Environment and Sustainable Development in Eurasia”

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

September 19, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: inter-Korean summit — a huge step towards peace and concord on the Korean peninsula

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs believes that the results of the third inter-Korean summit demystify the myth, existing in the West, about the danger of Pyongyang for the sustainable development of the region. He also noted that Russia has always supported political and diplomatic resolution of the problem on the Korean Peninsula

September 6, 2018

The first session of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the Majlis of Iran is being held in Volgograd

It is being conducted by Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Majlis) Ali Larijani

September 6, 2018

The delegation of Iranian Majlis laid flowers at the Eternal Flame on Mamayev Kurgan

The Iranian parliamentarians and members of the State Duma visited the historical and memorial complex “Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle” on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, and laid flowers at the Eternal Flame in the Pantheon of Military Glory and on the Grave of Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Chuikov

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