State Duma News

Vasilii Piskarev: Russian and Chinese parliamentarians agreed to share experience in combating cyberterrorism

According to the Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control, “we need to cooperate with Chinese partners because we have something to learn from each other so that we can use the best practices”

Sergei Gavrilov took part in the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

The parliamentarian also met with the leadership of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. The participants of the meeting discussed issues of disarmament, non-deployment of medium-range and short-range missiles in Europe, protection of the rights of Christians, in particular, in Ukraine

Petr Tolstoy: non-admission of Russian observers to the presidential elections in Ukraine violates OSCE principles

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, the head of the Russian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly made this statement during the meeting of the Standing Committee of the OSCE PA in Vienna

Vasilii Piskarev will discuss the issues of a fight against cybercrime, terrorism, and corruption with the Chinese parliamentarians

Joint work at the level of parliamentary committees will strengthen practical cooperation between the lawmakers of the two countries, the head of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control stressed

Presidential Address to Federal Assembly

The President of Russia delivered the Address to the Federal Assembly. The ceremony took place in Gostiny Dvor. The presentation of the Address was attended by Federation Council members, State Duma deputies, members of the Government, leaders of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court, governors

Head of the Information Committee commented on the blocking of the RT video project on Facebook

The absence of clear Facebook’s explanations on blocking the RT video project suggests an ordered nature of these actions, aimed at putting pressure on media projects broadcasting a different point of view than those indicated by Western governments, Leonid Levin believes

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

Viacheslav Volodin and Andrej Danko discussed new formats of dialogue between Russia and Slovakia

Separately, the Chairman of the State Duma and the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic discussed the issue of harmonization of legislation in the digital sphere

Chairman of the State Duma: more countries should engage in the development of model laws in the sphere of the digital economy

Viacheslav Volodin stressed this following a bilateral meeting with Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Andrej Danko, where the parties discussed different issues, including harmonization of legislation in the digital sphere

Petr Tolstoy met with the delegation of the Parliament of Ireland

During the meeting, parties discussed the development of bilateral cooperation and the dispelling of myths about Russia in the context of anti-Russian sentiments in Europe

Ivan Melnikov held a meeting with the DPRK ambassador to Russia

The parties discussed at the meeting the coordination of the positions of Moscow and Pyongyang at international platforms, including the UN, and the consistent development of inter-parliamentary, inter-party and inter-regional cooperation

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

Vasilii Piskarev: Google assured the State Duma that it will correct the wrong mapping of the Crimea on the maps

Following the meeting with Government Relations Director of Google Russia Marina Zhunich, Chairman of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control Vasilii Piskarev announced that the company would correct the situation in near future

Ivan Melnikov discussed with the Bulgarian delegation economic cooperation between the two countries

In addition, the parties discussed at the meeting issues of development of relations in the field of tourism and inter-parliamentary interaction

Sergei Zhelezniak called accusations of the US against Russia in violation of WTO rules groundless

Member of the Committee on the International Affairs noted that sanction regime initiated by the United States has created the conditions for the active development of import substitution industries in Russia and this clearly irritates the West. What the United States calls "barriers to the export of American goods and services" is a strategy for the development of economic competitiveness and independence of our country, emphasized Sergei Zhelezniak