State Duma News

Ivan Melnikov discussed with the Bulgarian delegation economic cooperation between the two countries

In addition, the parties discussed at the meeting issues of development of relations in the field of tourism and inter-parliamentary interaction

Sergei Zhelezniak called accusations of the US against Russia in violation of WTO rules groundless

Member of the Committee on the International Affairs noted that sanction regime initiated by the United States has created the conditions for the active development of import substitution industries in Russia and this clearly irritates the West. What the United States calls "barriers to the export of American goods and services" is a strategy for the development of economic competitiveness and independence of our country, emphasized Sergei Zhelezniak

Leonid Slutskiy supported the initiative to return Russia a contribution paid to the Council of Europe

Earlier, the need to return Russian contributions to the Council of Europe budget was announced by Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin. He was talking about contributions that Russia made from 2014 to 2017

Viacheslav Volodin: a bill restricting the observers’ rights at the elections of the President of Ukraine violates international law

According to the Chairman of the State Duma, the draft law of the Verkhovna Rada is discriminatory. This initiative violates the principles of democracy and also contradicts the principles and foundations of the OSCE

Anton Morozov: US interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state provokes a civil confrontation in Venezuela

A member of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the negotiations between the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the self-proclaimed President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó. The member of the State Duma noted that it is completely incorrect and unacceptable under the international law to incite the people of Venezuela against the incumbent head of state

Viacheslav Volodin: by withdrawing from the INF Treaty, the USA made European countries a target

The United States of America has endangered world security, said the Chairman of the State Duma, commenting on the US withdrawal from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles

Chairman of the State Duma spoke about the need to return money paid to PACE by Russia

Viacheslav Volodin talked about contributions that Russia paid from 2014 to 2017 in an interview with the TV channel "Russia 24". The question of their return may be raised during negotiations with representatives of the Assembly

Head of the Committee on International Affairs called the US position on the INF Treaty a threat to international security

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, said that the position of the United States of America poses a danger of new arms race. He believes that Russia should not accept another US ultimatum on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Anton Morozov: Russia will not negotiate with pretenders either in Venezuela or in any other country

Member of the Committee on International Affairs recalled that Nicolás Maduro is still the head of Venezuela according to the international law. The parliamentarian also noted that there is an obvious US interest in deterioration of interaction between Russia and Venezuela

Svetlana Zhurova: “Abe’s harsh statement on the southern Kuril Islands speaks of his disagreement with Putin’s position”

The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe, could make a statement on the spread of Japan’s sovereignty over all the territories of the Southern Kuriles demonstrating his disagreement with the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin on this issue, believes the First Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on International Affairs. According to her, Russia will negotiate within the framework of international law, nothing more, and the territories will remain ours

Leonid Slutskiy: resolution of the European Parliament is a gross violation of the international law norms

Thus, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the resolution of the European Parliament on recognition of Juan Guaidó as the legitimate President of Venezuela

The Chairman of the State Duma and the President of the Italian Senate spoke in favor of developing relations between the two countries

Viacheslav Volodin and Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati discussed the inter-parliamentary interaction between Russia and Italy and the development of relations in the economic, cultural, educational and other spheres. "Inter-parliamentary cooperation in this regard can and should play a big role," said the President of the Senate of Italy

Member of the State Duma commented on the prospects of signing a peace treaty with Japan

According to Sergei Zhelezniak, a member of the Committee on International Affairs, “we have a great potential for resolving controversial issues, and each new summit gives an additional positive impetus to bilateral relations between Russia and Japan, bringing the likelihood of a peace treaty closer”. The parliamentarian believes that a peace treaty is necessary to bring Russian-Japanese relations to a new level

Leonid Slutskiy: PACE resolution on the incident in the Kerch Strait is of an anti-Russian character

According to Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, «the Assembly, where we are not present, takes the decision of an anti-Russian character at the suggestion of those who were behind all this provocation in the Kerch Strait in December.” “All the populist clichés and assessments of the incident in the Kerch Strait, which have already been repeatedly heard from the western curators of Kiev, are generally caricatured by the PACE,” he believes

Elena Panina: Venezuela is on the brink of civil war

“The situation is developing according to a well-known scenario [...]. There took place the organization of subversive acts by part of the political elite bribed with American money and illegally proclaimed itself the new leadership of the country,” noted a member of the Committee on International Affairs. “All these actions are nothing less than political terrorism,” said the parliamentarian