Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the newly-elected State Duma on October 5, as the legislative body hold its first plenary meeting since last month's elections. The September 18 parliamentary vote gave …
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the candidacy of his aide Vyacheslav Volodin as the next State Duma speaker. Volodin replaces Sergei Naryshkin, whom Putin named the new …
The Russian Central Electoral Commission announced today the final results of the elections to the State Duma of the seventh convocation: the new composition of the lower house of the Parliament includes four parties of the previous …
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold several meetings on September 23 in the follow-up of elections to the State Duma on September 18, the Kremlin press service reports. "The president will meet with …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to congratulate him on his party's huge gain in the parliamentary elections. According to the …
Putin's personal contribution to preserving and legitimizing the existing political system in Russia is growing
The total amount of public funding of the Russian political parties will be reduced by 30%. Thus, government funding will decline from 6.99 billion rubles to 5.03 billion rubles. In accordance with the law 'On political …
The President of the National Strategy Institute on the results of the elections to the lower house of the Russian Parliament
The governing United Russia party has shown a "good result" in Sunday’s parliamentary election that saw its lead hover at more than 54 percent, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday, Sputnik reports. …
Today, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev urged fellow party members and the opposition to not offer electorate unrealistic dreams in order to attract their votes in the elections, stressing that no government would increase …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the results of the work of the State Duma of the current convocation. "I believe the truly historic outcome of work of your convocation is the legal integration of …
As we previously reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an official decree calling for elections in the lower house of Russian parliament to be held on Sept. 18. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on holding elections to the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, on September 18, 2016, the Kremlin press service said on Friday, TASS reports. …
The State Duma elections will be transparent and very competitive. It will significantly renew the legislative body, which the Russian society has been waiting for, the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said …
The majority of Russian citizens (70%) are aware of the upcoming parliamentary elections in September, 29% learned about it during a survey conducted by the ‘Public Opinion’ (FOM). 66% …
Two former governors of Stavropol Territory have decided to try their luck in the primaries of the 'United Russia' party, in order to become candidates for deputies of different levels, the regional branch of the party reported. …
Speaker of the State Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov is going to compete for MP mandate in the upcoming elections to the Duma in September. The application about his participation in the general federal primaries of the United …
The State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin will attend the primaries of the United Russia in the Kingisepp district of the Leningrad region. Naryshkin noted that during the primaries, "the party will take into …
Human rights activists support recognition of ‘Mejlis’ as an extremist organization
Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will not be able to monitor elections to the Russian State Duma in 2016, the head of the Russian State Duma Committee for Foreign Affairs, Alexei …
