State Duma News

Leonid Slutskiy: prolongation of sanctions will not be able to influence the reunification of Crimea with Russia

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, commented on the information that appeared in the media about the decision of the EU Permanent Representatives to extend the anti-Russian sanctions on Crimea for another year

Representatives of the State Duma will start consultations with the PACE leadership on guarantees of equal rights of national delegations on June 10

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin told parliamentary journalists that Deputy Chairman of the state Duma Petr Tolstoy and Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy will attend these meetings

Leonid Slutskiy told when the relevant committee will consider a bill on suspension of the INF Treaty

Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy stressed that Russia has never violated the INF Treaty, moreover, “we have repeatedly suggested American partners ensuring that it was true in practice, but all the arguments of the Russian side were ignored”

Svetlana Zhurova: abolition of visas between Russia and Japan will strengthen relations between the countries

First Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on International Affairs Svetlana Zhurova commented on the statement of Russian Minister Foreign Sergey Lavrov about an initiative of a visa-free travel regime between Moscow and Tokyo. According to the parliamentarian, such step will help to increase tourist flows

Leadership of the Communist Party faction met with a delegation of the Brazilian Workers’ Party

During the meeting, issues of interstate, inter-parliamentary and inter-party cooperation between the two countries were discussed

Viacheslav Volodin: before applying for participation in the PACE June session, we will hold consultations with all factions

The Chairman of the State Duma stressed that "we are in favor of dialogue but it should be on an equal footing. We will analyze all the risks and decide"

Leonid Slutskiy commented on the decision of the PACE regulatory committee to change the sanctions mechanisms

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, stated that the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure decided to recommend to remove from the sanctions mechanisms applied to national delegations the right to speak, the right to be represented in the Assembly and the right to vote

Chairman of the State Duma visited Mikhail Krasnoshchekov in hospital in Belgrade

Viacheslav Volodin expressed his wishes for a speedy recovery to the Russian citizen injured by Kosovo special forces

Chairman of the State Duma conveyed words of support from the President of Russia to the Serbian people

Vladimir Putin said that Serbia could always count on the assistance of Russia. These words of the President were announced by Viacheslav Volodin during his speech in the Serbian parliament

Chairman of the State Duma: the problem of Kosovo must be solved only via dialogue in accordance with UN decisions

The Chairman of the State Duma stated this during his speech at the opening of the 4th meeting of the High-Level Commission between the State Duma and the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia

The work of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the National Assembly of Serbia strengthens the strategic partnership of countries

The Chairman of the State Duma stated this, speaking at the opening of the 4th meeting of the Commission, which takes place in Belgrade on June 3

Chairman of the State Duma: the world will never be unipolar, no matter how much the US wants it

Viacheslav Volodin said about this at his speech when he was addressing members of the Serbian parliament during the visit of the delegation of the State Duma to Belgrade. He also stressed that actions of the European Union and the United States in Kosovo are unacceptable

Viacheslav Volodin: Russia always supports the fraternal Serbian people

The Chairman of the State Duma said this speaking in the Serbian parliament. He also called on Serbia to resist attempts to rewrite history along with Russia

Chairman of the State Duma met with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić

Viacheslav Volodin conveyed the greetings of President of Russia Vladimir Putin to the President of Serbia

Chairman of the State Duma commented on the destruction of the Zhukov monument in Kharkiv

The act of vandalism in Kharkiv is condemned by anyone who honors the memory of war heroes, said Viacheslav Volodin at the end of the wreath-laying ceremony at the Liberators of Belgrade Monument and the Monument to Soviet Soldiers