State Duma News

Bill on visa-free travel to Russia for UEFA Euro 2020 fans has been introduced into the State Duma

The initiative contained in the draft law was launched by the Government of the Russian Federation. The Cabinet of Ministers also initiated the imposition of state regulation of the hotel services prices in connection with the events of UEFA Euro 2020

An exhibition on the occasion of the 190th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and Russia was opened in the State Duma

It presents about fifty images of official chronicles that recorded episodes of state visits and meetings of politicians, photographs of cultural figures and competitions with the participation of Russian and Greek athletes

Pavel Zavalnyi: successful implementation of gas export projects requires a regulatory framework

Chairman of the Committee on Energy expressed that opinion at the International Sakhalin Oil & Gas Conference 2018 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. According to him, it is important to create a model for complementarity of all gas projects that will maximize Russia's export revenues, balancing the interests of the state, regions and companies

Petr Tolstoy: membership in international organizations implies equality of national representatives

The Deputy Chairman of the State Duma told under what conditions the resumption of the work of the Russian delegation to the PACE is possible. He stated this on the eve of the consideration of this document by the Parliamentary Assembly at its regular meeting at the beginning of October

A member of the State Duma: the prohibition on the use of the Russian language in Lvov region requires a response from international human rights organizations

This opinion was expressed by member of the Committee on International Affairs Sergei Zhelezniak in response to information that members of the Lvov regional council prohibit the public use of Russian language. "The moratorium on the Russian language in the Lvov region is a direct violation of the rights of Russian-speaking citizens," believes parliamentarian

Svetlana Zhurova believes that the RUSADA reinstatement happened thanks to the IOC

The First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the decision of the World Anti-Doping Agency Executive Committee to recognize RUSADA compliant to the World Anti-Doping Code

Leonid Slutskiy: ”The third meeting of the Speakers of the Eurasia countries’ parliaments in Antalya can be opened by Erdogan“

The Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs said that about 40 national delegations confirmed their participation in the meeting, which is scheduled for October 8-11 in Antalya, Turkey

Delegation of the State Duma took part in the meeting dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Parliament of Azerbaijan

Head of the delegation, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Neverov noted that today the cooperation between two states is constantly being strengthened through decisions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. During the visit, the Russian parliamentarians will hold several meetings with Azerbaijani authorities and discuss the strengthening of inter-parliamentary ties

Women's Club of the State Duma held a meeting with the Vietnam Women Council

Parliamentarians discussed with foreign colleagues issues that are relevant both for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Vietnam: the role and place of women in the life of the state, their contribution to social development

Vyacheslav Fetisov: Sport and ecology will become ”bridges“ that will help to unite the entire planet in front of global challenges

Special Sports Representative of the State Duma, member of the faction "United Russia" Vyacheslav Fetisov participated in the meeting with the Pope Francis where environmental initiative to hold a hockey match on the North Pole was discussed

Sergei Neverov: Aspiration of Russia and Azerbaijan to build long-term partnership relations remains unchanged

On September 21-22 Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the faction "United Russia" Sergei Neverov takes part in the celebrations on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Parliament in the Republic of Azerbaijan

The State Duma ratified the agreement on cross-border cooperation with Poland

The cross-border cooperation programme "Russia-Poland" for the period 2014-2020 is aimed at solving common challenges of the frontier areas through implementation of joint projects between the Kaliningrad region (Russia) and the Pomeranian, Warmia-Mazury and Podlaskie voivodeships in Poland. The agreement defines the amount of financial contributions, the procedure for transferring funds and circumstances for withholding payments by the parties

Leonid Slutskiy: ”We cannot state for sure whether Russia will send an application for participation in the PACE session for 2019“

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy commented on PACE report on the credentials of national delegations presented in Paris on September 20. “Future participation of the Russian Federation in the PACE depends on the outcome of voting on this report,” noted the head of the Committee

Russian-Iraqi interparliamentary cooperation can be expanded via contacts at the level of committees

It was discussed at the meeting of Chairman of the Committee on Energy Pavel Zavalnyi with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Iraq to the Russian Federation Haidar Mansour Hadi Avis

Ivan Melnikov held a meeting with Chairman of the Central Committee of the Fatherland Front of Vietnam Trần Thanh Mẫn

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects of Russian-Vietnamese bilateral relations, stated their high level and great potential for further development, and also spoke in favor of further development and improvement of forms of interparliamentary cooperation