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Russia’s State Duma has passed the third and final reading of a bill amending the country’s Constitution today. A total of 383 lawmakers voted in favor of the bill, and no one voted ‘no.’ As many as 43 …
Russia’s State Duma adopted in the first reading Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bill on amendments to the Constitution Parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said the lower house would hold its next …
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin made the Russian Federation a country the world defer to. The chairman of the Lower House recalled that in 1990s, Russia was a "rogue country …
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin suggested that the U.S. Department of State, "before sending an ambassador to a country, should inquire about his or her knowledge of that country’s history." …
Speaker of Russia’s State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has been re-elected as the chairman of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly during Assembly Council’s meeting in Yerevan today. Volodin’s candidacy was …
Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin will pay a working visit to Armenia on November 4-5. He will take part in the events of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and will hold a number of bilateral meetings, …
There is a need to boost joint efforts to develop laws aimed at preventing the spread of terrorist propaganda, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said at the 3rd Conference of Parliament Speakers on Countering …
The budget for 2020 and the planned period of 2021-2021 was submitted to the Committee on Budget and Taxes by Russia's State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. The draft will be considered at the Duma …
Today, the State Duma ratified the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea. "The Caspian Sea is important from the geopolitical, trade, economic and strategic point of view. It is also a unique ecological system," …
Russia's State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin will visit Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in September. Volodin will make the official visit to Uzbekistan on September 16, where he will hold talks with Uzbek …
The Kremlin raised the possibility of changing Russia’s constitution after a top lawmaker proposed bolstering parliament’s powers, The Moscow Times reported. The idea of constitutional amendments, including allowing …
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Speaker of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (parliament) Mustafa Sentop. Putin greeted the Speaker of Grand National Assembly before the …
Bulgaria plans to complete construction of the Balkan Stream - a branch of the TurkStream gas pipeline through Bulgaria to Serbia - before the end of 2020, President of the Bulgarian National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva …
The Georgian authorities must provide guarantees that they will ensure security for Russian citizens in the country, Russia’s State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Saturday, TASS reports. The speaker of …
Russia’s State Duma has passed a bill suspending the country’s compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The bill was submitted by Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 30. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma a bill on the suspension of the Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty today, speaker of the lower house Vyacheslav Volodin said. …
A regular meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (PA CSTO) will be held in Yerevan this autumn. The relevant proposal was supported today by the Assembly Council. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the situation in the Middle East and a number of Russia’s internal problems with the permanent members of the Security Council, presidential spokesman Dmitry …
Ukraine has imposed sanctions on Speaker of Russia's State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, the Russian parliament's lower house reported on Facebook. "The Ukrainian authorities have imposed sanctions on …
The Kremlin is not considering plans of demanding Ukraine’s compensation for losses sustained by Crimea’s economy when the peninsula was its part, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "I’m not …
