State Duma News

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

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

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

Chairman of the State Duma and President of Brazil held a brief meeting

The conversation of Jair Bolsonaro and Viacheslav Volodin took place during the meeting of the President of Brazil with the heads of foreign delegations attended the inauguration ceremony

Chairman of the State Duma and the head of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil discussed development of inter-parliamentary relations

The bilateral meeting was held in the framework of the inauguration ceremony of the President of Brazil attended by Russian delegation headed by Viacheslav Volodin

President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain: our country has always maintained and will continue to maintain dialogue with Russia

During his visit to Brazil, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin has held the first bilateral meeting. He discussed with President of the Congress of Deputies of the Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain Ana María Pastor Julián issues of the development of economic relations in the field of humanitarian cooperation

Viacheslav Volodin arrived in Brazil to attend the inauguration of the President

Viacheslav Volodin will represent the Russian Federation at the inauguration ceremony of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, which to be held on January 1

Viacheslav Volodin to represent Russia at the inauguration of the President of Brazil

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin will represent the Russian Federation at the inauguration ceremony of the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro on January 1

Sergei Gavrilov: “We look at everything that is happening in the Orthodox world with great sorrow”

Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations Sergei Gavrilov said that, commenting on providing of Ukrainian Orthodox Church with Tomos on autocephaly that is expected to take place in January

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

Chairman of the State Duma urged Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron not to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states

Viacheslav Volodin also called on German Chancellor and the President of France to comply with the resolution of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, adopted by consensus by all member states

Member of the State Duma commented on the decision of the President of Ukraine to expand sanctions on Russia

First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Dmitrii Novikov commented on the statement of Petro Poroshenko that the new restriction measures are supposed to include even members of the State Duma. As the parliamentarian said, such measures imposed by the President of Ukraine are the next step in the information and political war against Russia

Leonid Slutskiy told what kind of relationship Russia will have with the United States and PACE in 2019

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs replied to questions raised by journalists and commented on the future of US-Russian relations, situation in Syria and participation of Russian delegation in PACE in the coming year

Svetlana Zhurova: cooperation with our foreign partners is developing despite the sanctions

First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova summarized the results of the Committee’s work for 2018 and told about plans for the upcoming session

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of Vietnam

Viacheslav Volodin and Nguyễn Phú Trọng discussed issues of cooperation between the two countries and the development of inter-parliamentary interaction between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Vietnam