Slutsky Leonid Eduardovich

March 28, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: “Trump cannot dictate to Venezuela or Russia how to build relations”

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs called outrageous threats to use “all possible options” to force “Russia to leave Venezuela”. Parliamentarian said that the US is again trying to impose its will with the help of the "right of force", ignoring the "force of law"

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

March 26, 2019

Head of the International Committee commented on the decision of Donald Trump to recognize the Golan Heights as the Israeli territory

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the decision of the President of the United States will not be supported by the world community, as it only complicates the situation in the Middle East

March 11, 2019

A delegation of French politicians headed by Thierry Mariani will visit the Crimea on March 13–16

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, the guests from France will take part in the celebrations on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the annexation of the peninsula to Russia

March 4, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy called the Presidential Decree on the suspension of the INF Treaty as a forced and symmetrical measure

At the same time, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stressed that this is not about Russia’s withdrawal from the treaty, the Russian Federation is only “freezing its obligations under the INF Treaty”

February 28, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the results of the second USA-DPRK summit

The summit showed that "issues of North Korean settlement shall not be left only to Washington alone," said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs

February 13, 2019

Members of the State Duma commented on foreign media reports on the possibility of new anti-Russian sanctions

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, noted that “the West prefers to blame Russia for everything, over and over again, for reasons that are absolutely far-fetched”, though the only ones against whom any restrictions could be imposed for the incident in the Kerch Strait are the current Kiev authorities headed by President Petr Poroshenko

February 7, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: non-admission of Russian citizens as observers at the Ukrainian elections is neglect of Kiev’s international obligations

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that even special representative of the US State Department for Ukraine Kurt Volker indicated that Russians should be granted access to monitor the elections in Ukraine as part of the OSCE ODIHR mission

February 6, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy supported the initiative to return Russia a contribution paid to the Council of Europe

Earlier, the need to return Russian contributions to the Council of Europe budget was announced by Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. He was talking about contributions that Russia made from 2014 to 2017

February 1, 2019

Head of the Committee on International Affairs called the US position on the INF Treaty a threat to international security

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, said that the position of the United States of America poses a danger of new arms race. He believes that Russia should not accept another US ultimatum on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

January 31, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: resolution of the European Parliament is a gross violation of the international law norms

Thus, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the resolution of the European Parliament on recognition of Juan Guaidó as the legitimate President of Venezuela

January 21, 2019

Members of the State Duma commented on the inclusion of ”GRU officers“ in the EU sanctions list

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, said that the new sanctions of the European Union "named after Petrov and Boshirov" are absolutely illegal and do not fit any logic. Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a member of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control, believes that "the EU continues to use high offices and famous names so that anti-Russian sanctions remain in the top news headlines"

January 21, 2019

Chairman of the State Duma received invitations to visit Cuba and Qatar

On January 21, at a meeting of the Council of the State Duma, Viacheslav Volodin informed about invitations from the heads of parliaments of Cuba and Qatar to pay working visits to these countries

January 17, 2019

The State Duma will not send delegation to PACE

The Russian Federation will also not make contributions to the budget of the Council of Europe in 2019. As Viacheslav Volodin said, these decisions are made only in the interests of Russian citizens

January 15, 2019

The Committee on International Affairs suggests not to send a delegation to PACE in 2019

Chairman of the Committee Leonid Slutskiy announced this after its meeting. The issue of sending the delegation will be considered at a plenary meeting of the State Duma on Thursday, January 17

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy and Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy

January 10, 2019

Leonid Slutskiy: signing of Tomos of the so-called Orthodox Church of Ukraine will deepen the split of Orthodoxy in Ukraine

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs is concerned about possible persecution of the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and damages to church complexes after the signing of the Tomos of a new religious structure. “This is certainly a forced political action, which will definitely lead to growing confrontation in Ukraine,” the parliamentarian said

January 10, 2019

Adalbi Shkhagoshev: Russia is ready to cooperate with PACE within the framework of international law

First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction noted that such cooperation is possible only due to common interest and sincerity in work, otherwise the Russian delegation will not take part in the next session

First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction Adalbi Shkhagoshev

January 9, 2019

Members of the State Duma commented on the possibility of participation of the Russian delegation in the PACE session

Parliamentarians are going to hold consultations during the week, following these consultations, until January 21, members of the State Duma will take a decision whether the Russian delegation will participate in the next PACE session. At the same time, parliamentarians reminded that the situation when the Russian delegation is deprived of the right to vote is unacceptable

December 29, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy: “Russia succeeds in achieving its foreign policy goals”

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs noted that the main difficulty in promoting interests abroad for our country in 2018 was active resistance of Western countries that had set the task of maximally weakening Russia's capacity at economic and political level

December 23, 2018

Leonid Slutskiy is ready to assist in arrangement of the UN mission visit to Crimea

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution on alleged violations of human rights in Crimea

December 21, 2018

Russia and Japan signed a Memorandum on Parliamentary Cooperation

The document was signed by coordinator of the Interparliamentary Group on Interaction with the Parliament of Japan Yevgenii Shulepov and chairman of the Japan-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Association Ichiro Aisawa. The delegation of the State Duma headed by First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Aleksandr Zhukov is visiting Tokyo

SlutskyLeonid Eduardovich