State Duma News

The State Duma Commission revealed facts of interference in the US Department of State’s International Religious Freedom Report

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev commented on the annual International Religious Freedom Report prepared by the US Department of State and published on May 12

The ODIHR mission is planned to be invited to observe the elections to the State Duma

Such initiative was announced by the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy at a meeting with the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Matteo Mecacci

The Tax Agreement between Russia and the Netherlands denounced

The draft law on denouncing the Agreement was submitted to the State Duma by the Government of the Russian Federation

The State Duma ratified the agreement on military cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan

The new agreement was concluded for 10 years with the possibility of automatic extension for subsequent ten-year periods

The Committee on International Affairs told about the procedures related to denunciation of Open Skies Treaty

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said all procedures related to withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies would be completed by the end of May

Viacheslav Volodin: we cannot put the national security of our country at risk

The President of the Russian Federation has submitted to the State Duma a bill on denouncing the Open Skies Treaty

President of the Russian Federation submitted a bill on denouncing Open Skies Treaty

The Treaty on Open Skies allows its participants to perform aerial observation to observe military activities

Viacheslav Volodin: disrespect of other states for the memory of the war would affect their relations with Russia

Chairman of the State Duma urged foreign politicians to draw distinction between issues of economy and historical memory

Vasilii Piskarev: Russia will not tolerate any attempt of foreign interference in its information space

As the parliamentarian said, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which was funded from the US budget, defiantly and systematically violated Russian laws and ignored decisions of Russian courts

Chairman of the State Duma Commission commented on remarks of the EU representative on justice in Russia

Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs Vasillii Piskarev said the recent remarks of Josep Borrell that he had mentioned in his speech at the European Parliament were “blatant interference in Russia’s internal affairs, in particular, in the activities of Russian supervisory and judicial authorities”

Viacheslav Volodin: the Western states should compensate Russia for all expenses connected with COVID-19

Chairman of the State Duma believes that the Government of the Russian Federation should raise the issue of responsibility for the COVID-19 outbreak

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia is the most open democracy with a centuries-old history

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that other states should learn from the Russian Federation and invited foreign representatives to take part in the next meeting of the Council of Legislators

Leonid Slutskiy is convinced that Russia will respond to expulsion of Russian diplomats from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs stressed that “the vassal loyalty of the Baltic states to the US course has never been in question”

Viacheslav Volodin had a conversation with President of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan

Petr Tolstoy: Russia will not implement PACE’s politicized decisions

Head of the Russian delegation to PACE, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, following the plenary session of the Assembly, told journalists that PACE’s decisions and resolutions related to Crimea and Alexei Navalny “contradict the national legislation of the Russian Federation”