September 17, 2020 Leonid Slutskiy: the resolution of the European Parliament is a direct and blatant interference in the internal affairs of our state The Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs commented on the recent resolution of the European Parliament
September 17, 2020 Sergei Gavrilov re-elected President of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy Chairman of the Committee on Issues of Public Associations and Religious Organizations will continue to chair the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (I.A.O.). That was announced after the meeting of the I.A.O. General Assembly held via videoconference
September 17, 2020 The State Duma Commission revealed facts of foreign interference in the recent regional elections According to the Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev, information on the illegal involvement of Russian NGOs, recognized as foreign agents, in the election campaign finished last week had already been sent to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
September 15, 2020 The State Duma adopted a statement on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations The statement affirms the inadmissibility of giving the majority of senior positions in the UN Secretariat to the US citizens and representatives of states loyal to Washington, as such a situation can lead to the dominance of one country and undermines the principle of multilateral cooperation
September 15, 2020 Chairman of the State Duma: there are states that do not want our country to develop, because Russia becomes stronger The Chairman of the State Duma told that at the interview to the TV channel Rossiya 24
September 14, 2020 The State Duma Commission to discuss experience in countering foreign interference with the CSTO parliamentarians According to the Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev, it is planned to discuss "attempts to change the drug policy of our countries, to promote drug use and legalization of drugs, as well as to introduce substitution therapy"
September 10, 2020 Petr Tolstoy urged PACE members to cooperate in investigation of the incident with Alexey Navalny The parliamentarian is also concerned that "the bodies of the Council of Europe descend into rumors discussions”, setting aside not only the rules of procedure, but also the reputation
September 8, 2020 Petr Tolstoy: the Union State, not the Europeans, should resolve the situation in Belarus Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, head of the Russian delegation to PACE and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Petr Tolstoy addressed participants of the meeting of the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, held on September 8 via videoconference
September 8, 2020 Leonid Slutskiy: discussion on the situation in Belarus at PACE was politicized Today, the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy discussed the current situation in Belarus, as said the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs
August 25, 2020 Viacheslav Volodin: foreign states that want to escalate tensions in Russia may be responsible for current Navalny’s condition Chairman of the State Duma said that the Committee on Security and Corruption Control would analyze the situation with Alexey Navalny to find out if it had been an attempt of foreign states to cause harm to health of a Russian citizen to escalate tensions in Russia
August 24, 2020 Valentina Pivnenko summarized results of the 29th meeting of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference Representatives of the Republic of Lithuania raised the issue of the elections held in Belarus at the 29th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference. The head of the permanent delegation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to the BSPC Valentina Pivnenko urged not to politicize the meeting
August 24, 2020 Member of the State Duma commented on the expulsion of the Russian diplomat from Austria Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy said that a series of diplomatic scandals in European states might be part of a general campaign to discredit Russia or a major provocation
Statement of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia on the results of the presidential elections held in the Republic of Belarus on August 9, 2020 August 21, 2020
August 18, 2020 Vasilii Piskarev: unsubstantiated accusations of Russia’s meddling in the US elections are hackneyed tricks Chairman of the Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs Vasilii Piskarev called the statement of the representative of the US administration on possible new restrictions against Russia for meddling in the US elections "an element of the electoral competition"
August 7, 2020 Chairman of the State Duma: Twitter demonstrates policy of double standards by labeling government and media accounts Viacheslav Volodin expressed surprise that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which is funded from the US state budget and reflects the official position of the State Department, had not been given the same tag
