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Members of the State Duma supported decision to terminate international treaties related to the Council of Europe

Adopted law establishes the legal basis for Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022. The document implies termination of 21 international treaties related to the Council of Europe

Appeal of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to the United Nations with a Proposal for an Urgent Investigation by the International Community into the Crime Committed by the USA in the Baltic Sea on 26 September 2022

An appeal was unanimously supported by all factions of the State Duma

The State Duma denounced the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption

After adoption of the decision on withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe, Russia lost the right to participate in the discussion or adoption of reports and to vote in the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). The denunciation of the Convention is aimed at preventing any discrimination measures against the Russian Federation that could be adopted by the Group's evaluation mechanisms

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov took part in the “government hour” at the State Duma

Minister told parliamentarians about actual issues of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation. Members of all factions endorsed activities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs aimed at ensuring national interests and implementing Russia's strategic national priorities

Appeal of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the parliaments of the countries of the world in connection with the military-biological activities of the United States in foreign states

Members of the State Duma adopted an appeal by the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the world parliaments in connection with the US military biological activity outside its territory

The document was prepared by the Parliamentary Commission on Investigation into the Activities of the US Biological Laboratories on the Territory of Ukraine, which concluded that “the US biomedical programme is being implemented and funded by the Pentagon and is of a secret and military-applied nature”

Vyacheslav Volodin and Sahiba Gafarova signed an agreement on cooperation between the State Duma and the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan

Chairman of the State Duma stressed that the parliamentarians of Russia and Azerbaijan should provide legislative support for the decisions reached by the Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, as “our citizens are waiting for that”

Irina Yarovaya: the fact that the USA is training militants is an act of international terrorism

Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Commission on Investigation into Activities of the US Biological Laboratories in Ukraine, Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya commented on the recent information announced by the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation that the USA was involved in recruiting militants to terrorist acts in Russia and CIS

Vyacheslav Volodin suggested preparing an appeal to the UN to provide international assessment of the US crimes

For a long time, the USA taught other countries democracy, but in fact, the USA had seized power in the world: many states did not realize that they became colonies, as said Chairman of the State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma: Biden became a terrorist who gave an order to destroy energy infrastructure of the allies

Vyacheslav Volodin is convinced that the recently published information related to Biden’s involvement in the Nord Stream explosions should be used as a basis for international investigation

Committee on International Affairs adopted decisions aimed at protecting sovereignty and national interests of Russia

termination of international treaties of the Council of Europe with respect to the Russian Federation”, submitted by the President of the Russian Federation, including, the Charter of the Council of Europe, the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and various protocols, as said Leonid Slutsky

Irina Yarovaya told about the meeting with American scientist Jeffrey Sachs on the US biological laboratories

Members of the Parliamentary Commission on Investigation into the Circumstances Related to Creation of Biological Laboratories by the US Specialists on the Territory of Ukraine on Monday, February 6, held a meeting via videoconference with an American scientist who chaired the Lancet commission on investigation into the COVID origin Jeffrey Sachs. The parliamentarians told the scientist about their developments, in particular, about the analysis of the DTRA report (the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency) on activities in Ukraine

Irina Yarovaya suggested that the world parliaments should request information on Pentagon’s activities on their territories

Washington deliberately concealed information related to military biological programmes, describing them as “humanitarian activities”, as said Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma

Vyacheslav Volodin urged UN to investigate crimes of the American “empire of lies”

Chairman of the State Duma recalled that one of the biggest deceptions of the global community took place 20 years ago on February 5

Vyacheslav Volodin stressed that German Leopard tanks would repeat the fate of fascist Tiger tanks

Chairman of the State Duma congratulated on the anniversary of the defeat of the fascist German troops in the Battle of Stalingrad: the battle on the banks of the Volga River lasted 200 days and ended on 2 February 1943 with the victory of the Red Army