March 19, 2021 First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov held a meeting with Ambassador of Vietnam to Russia The meeting was held in connection with the completion of the Ambassador’s diplomatic assignment in Russia
March 18, 2021 Leaders of the State Duma factions commented on Joe Biden’s statements about Russian President Earlier, the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin called the recent comments of the President of the United States Joe Biden about the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “hysteria caused by powerlessness” and stressed inadmissibility of such statements made by the head of the state
March 17, 2021 Viacheslav Volodin: attacks on Vladimir Putin are attacks on Russia Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin called the recent comments of the President of the United States Joe Biden about the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin “hysteria caused by powerlessness” and noted inadmissibility of such statements made by the head of the state
March 17, 2021 Visa procedures for close relatives of Russian citizens and for foreign tourists will be simplified Members of the State Duma adopted in the first reading several bills, according to which foreign tourists will need only a hotel booking confirmation to apply for a visa, and foreign close members of families of Russian citizens will be able to get multientry visas with extended period up to one year
March 15, 2021 Meeting of the PACE Commission to discuss countering COVID-19 may be held in Russia Chairman of the State Duma said that the issue was discussed at the meeting with PACE President Rik Daems
March 15, 2021 Chairman of the State Duma: PACE representatives to observe elections to the State Duma It was agreed at the meeting of Chairman of the State Duma and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Rik Daems that PACE representatives would observe the parliamentary elections in Russia in September 2021
March 15, 2021 Viacheslav Volodin suggested PACE focusing on health protection of Europeans Chairman of the State Duma and the PACE President Rik Daems discussed at the meeting issues related to the current COVID-19 situation and vaccination
March 5, 2021 Member of the State Duma called new possible sanctions against Russia “a provocative planted story” Any allegations of using chemical warfare agents by Russia were just nonsense and nothing more, as said the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy
March 5, 2021 Ivan Melnikov: new possible US sanctions against Russia will affect US companies The First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma stressed that Russia would handle any sanctions, as Russia is a country with great resources
March 5, 2021 The State Duma Commission on Foreign Interference to develop legislative measures to protect children Members of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs discussed recent attempts to influence children and teenagers with a help of foreign social media
March 1, 2021 Viacheslav Volodin: ECHR is a political instrument now Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin said that the European Court of Human Rights exceeded its powers when called to release Alexei Navalny
March 1, 2021 Viacheslav Volodin to hold a meeting with PACE President on March 15 That was announced by the Chairman of the State Duma. According to him, the issue of sanctions policy will be one of the topics of the planned discussion
February 25, 2021 Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov This is the first visit of the President of Kyrgyzstan to Russia. Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin expressed confidence that the meeting would give impetus to cooperation between two states
February 20, 2021 Member of the State Duma reacted to remarks by Joe Biden that Russia “wants to undermine” the transatlantic unity First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction Adalbi Shkhagoshev commented on the remarks by the US President Joseph R. Biden that Moscow wants to undermine” the transatlantic unity
February 19, 2021 Member of the State Duma commented on new possible sanctions against Russia According to the First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction Adalbi Shkhagoshev, an apolitical approach and economic prospects would allow the main EU actors just to “pretend to be menacing”
