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Remarks by members of the State Duma on the OSCE’s decision not to send observers for the elections in Russia

The OSCE announced earlier that representatives of the organization would not observe the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Russia due to limitations on the election observation in the current epidemiological situation

Viacheslav Volodin to represent Russia at the inauguration of Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi

Chairman of the State Duma will attend the inauguration ceremony of the President of Iran on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation

Viacheslav Volodin congratulated Alen Simonyan on his election as Speaker of the Parliament of Armenia

Chairman of the State Duma wished him success in his work

Leonid Slutskiy: accusations against Russia of provocations against NATO are very destructive and dangerous words

The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs said that the real intentions of the NATO member states to escalate the situation in the Black Sea region could be disguised by anti-Russian hysteria

Viacheslav Volodin met with President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Viacheslav Volodin invited foreign parliamentarians to observe elections in September

The parliamentary elections in Russia will be held on 17-19 September 2021

Vasilii Piskarev: Washington is trying to disguise meddling in the elections in Russia by accusing Russia of meddling

The Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs stressed that unlike the US administration, Russia provided concrete evidence of attempts of meddling in the elections in the Russian Federation

The State Duma Commission provided the CSTO PA with evidence of meddling of Western countries in Russia’s internal affairs

Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs also provided information on the developed legislative measures that would help to address challenges and threats

Vasilii Piskarev sent appeals to the Bundestag and the OPCW

Decision to appeal to the Bundestag and the OPCW was taken after the meeting of members of the State Duma Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation held at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday, July 16

The State Duma Commission discussed with the Russian Foreign Ministry inconsistencies in the OPCW draft report on Navalny’s “poisoning”

Following the meeting of members of the State Duma Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, there was a decision to appeal to the Bundestag and the OPCW

Viacheslav Volodin: we will not implement the ECHR judgment requiring recognition of same-sex marriages

On July 16, the Council of the State Duma adopted a statement “On the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights requiring recognition of same-sex marriages in the Russian Federation”, as said the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

Remarks by members of the State Duma on proposal of the European Parliament not to recognize results of the elections to the State Duma

The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament had proposed to the EU to prepare to withhold recognition of the results of the parliamentary elections in Russia, if Brussels decided that the elections were conducted in violation of international norms

The State Duma Commission revealed new evidence of foreign interference in the election campaign in Russia

Members of the Commission had sent to the Prosecutor General's Office and Roskomnadzor the materials on the activities of the US organization National Democratic Institute for International Relations, recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation, and asked to take all the necessary measures, as said the Chairman of the Commission on Foreign Interference Vasilii Piskarev

Viacheslav Volodin criticized calls not to recognize Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines and called them “irresponsible and short-sighted stance”

The Chairman of the State Duma wrote in his Telegram channel that “the lack of constructive cooperation between countries contradicts the principles of protection of interests of citizens, peace and well-being of Europe”

Vasilii Piskarev: as the elections approach, attempts to destabilize the situation in Russia are doomed to failure

The parliamentarian stressed that politically motivated human rights organizations tried to shape world public opinion about Russia, as the elections to the State Duma will be held soon, but they do not notice real human rights violations in the Russia’s neighboring countries