State Duma News

May 16, 2024

Ivan Melnikov met with Chairman of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Yang Wanming

Being a representative of the Russian delegation accompanying President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during his state visit to the People’s Republic of China on May 16-17, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Chairman of the Russia-China Friendship Society Ivan Melnikov met with Chairman of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) Yang Wanming in Beijing

The State Duma approved Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Deputy Prime Ministers and Federal Ministers

May 15, 2024

Members of the State Duma fulfilled the powers granted by the Constitution of the Russian Federation according to its amendments adopted in 2020. You can find the information about the procedure and appointments below

May 10, 2024

Vyacheslav Volodin awarded Moldavian parliamentarian Marina Tauber with the Order of Friendship

Members of the State Duma welcomed the representative of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova Marina Tauber at the meeting of the State Duma Council. Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, on behalf of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, awarded her the Order of Friendship

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and member of the Parliament of Moldova Marina Tauber

April 28, 2024

Chairman of the State Duma: PACE has long stopped making decisions on its own, is only engaged in politicking and causes harm to society

The agenda of the Assembly consisted only of those issues of interest of only the United States of America, as stressed Vyacheslav Volodin

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin

April 22, 2024

Vyacheslav Volodin: Washington made a blatantly illegal decision by committing theft

According to Chairman of the State Duma, the USA passed a bill on confiscation of Russia’s assets to make the EU adopt the same decision, which would be devastating for the European economy

April 16, 2024

Chairman of the State Duma: the USA creates more new military conflicts to save its economy

The loss of hegemony is costly for the American budget, according to Vyacheslav Volodin

April 11, 2024

Vyacheslav Volodin: one of our priorities is strengthening the BRICS role as an important center of economic and political influence

Chairman of the State Duma and parliamentarians of the BRICS member states discussed issues of enhancement of inter-parliamentary cooperation between Russia and other member states

April 1, 2024

Ivan Melnikov held a meeting with Ambassador of Vietnam to Russia Dang Minh Khoi

Meeting participants paid special attention to the issues related to the upcoming visit of Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vương Đình Huệ to Russia

March 26, 2024

Vasily Piskarev: we will counter the unfriendly Western NGOs together with Chinese parliamentarians

During the visit of the delegation of the State Duma to Beijing, Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control handed the materials on the destructive activities of a number of foreign organizations to the Chinese colleagues

Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasily Piskarev

March 26, 2024

Vyacheslav Volodin: the bloody Kiev regime, Washington and Brussels are behind the terrorists who attacked the Crocus City Hall

They hope that such terrorist attacks could divide our society, sow discord and enmity, including interethnic, according to Chairman of the State Duma

March 26, 2024

Irina Yarovaya: Russia and China can make a significant contribution to the protection of the world by closely cooperating on development of legislative basis for biological threats prevention

Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma took part in a meeting of the working group to exchange the legislative experience in the field of biological safety under the Inter-parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the Federal Assembly and the National People's Congress, which was held in Beijing

Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya

March 25, 2024

First joint meeting of the working group under the Inter-parliamentary Commission on Cooperation between the National People's Congress and the State Duma was held in Beijing

Meeting participants discussed issues of ensuring state sovereignty and security, countering foreign pressure and influence

March 20, 2024

Members of the State Duma appealed to the world parliaments on the 25th anniversary of the NATO aggression against Yugoslavia

“The Chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation express their deep concern at the continuing attempts by the collective West to present to the international community the aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a peacekeeping operation,” the document says

Address of the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, international parliamentary organizations and parliaments of foreign States regarding the 25th anniversary of the aggression of the States members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

March 20, 2024

The document was unanimously supported by members of the State Duma

March 20, 2024

Chairman of the State Duma held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba

Vyacheslav Volodin noted the contribution of Vladimir Putin and Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez to the development of bilateral relations. “For our part, we should provide legislative support to the decisions made at the highest level,” he said