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Russian senator elected president of world’s oldest international assembly as 3 new members join
The world’s oldest international body of lawmakers – the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – has accepted Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vanuatu as new members, and elected Russian Upper House chair Valentina Matviyenko as the president of its 137th assembly.
Almost half of Russian students ready to vote for Putin at presidential polls
Russian students describe themselves as the “Putin Generation,” and intend to support the incumbent president in the presidential election, a recent poll shows.
Russian humanitarian missions have helped more than 100 countries, UN Security Council hears
Russia has delivered more than 650 tons of food aid to over 110 countries in the past 10 years, the country’s envoy to the United Nations has revealed.
Non-consensual sects: Senators prepare bill to protect Russians from destructive cults
A group of Russian senators are preparing a bill to protect the population from destructive sects, including those of foreign origin and those that mask themselves as ‘schools of leadership’, the principal sponsor of the motion told the press.
Most Russians support continuing Syria aid after war ends
Almost three-quarters of Russians believe their country should continue helping Syria after the armed conflict there is over, according to a recent poll.
Lawmakers contemplate ‘legislative answer’ to new US anti-Russian sanctions
The chair of the State Duma Committee for International Relations says Russia could take additional reciprocal measures “at a legislative level” in reply to fresh sanctions and unlawful treatment of Russian diplomatic property in the US.
Over 90 percent of citizens say new revolution in Russia unthinkable
92 percent of Russians hold the view that everything possible should be done to ensure nothing like the 1917 Bolshevik revolution happens again, according to a recent poll conducted by state-run public opinion research agency VTSIOM.
Kim ready to ‘tame US with fire’ Russian MP claims upon visiting N. Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is extremely worried by threats made by US President Donald Trump and now Pyongyang is developing a new ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to America, a Russian nationalist party lawmaker says.
4 Ukrainians arrested in absentia for attacking Russian embassy in Kiev
A Russian court has issued arrest warrants on four Ukrainian citizens suspected in taking part in attacks on the Russian embassy in Kiev and consular office in Lvov, as well as of desecrating Russian flags.
Terrorist recruiters set to get life sentences after Duma committee approves bill amendments
A State Duma committee has recommended that MPs approve a bill toughening punishment for terrorism-related crimes, despite finding contradictions in the document that required correction.
