Speaker of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin
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the Speaker of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin until the end of the year has to get acquainted with the European colleagues: chairman of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Pedro Agramunt, secretary general Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of OSCE PA Muttonen Christin and chairman of the parliament Greece Nikos Vutsis.
their visits to Russian Federation were p in the plan of international relations of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the November-December, 2016, approved as deputies on Tuesday (is at the disposal of RBC). The plan of trips for 2016 was prepared at the end of last year, but in connection with change of convocation was now staticized, the head of the international committee of the Duma Leonid Slutsky explained RBC.
"From some heads of parliaments there are wishes to arrive to us. They want to get acquainted with the chairman and new convocation" — Svetlana Zhurova told RBC the first deputy head of the international committee Svetlana Zhurova to Moscow is planned by p for November-December, Thorbjorn Jagland — for December 6, Muttonen Christin — for the end of November, Vutsis — for November 14-16.
It is a question of receptions with dinners on behalf of the chairman of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the interlocutor in the international committee told RBC.
In a priority Commonwealth of Independent States and exotic
the Priority on business trips of deputies was made by p on the countries Commonwealth of Independent States and reception of delegations of other countries, and "simply trips to look at other countries and to communicate", deviated, were explained to journalists on Tuesday, November 1, by Vyacheslav Volodin.
In the plan of trips in November-December deputies added visits of the Russian delegations to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Armenia.
State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation kept in the plan contacts through the international parliamentary organizations which seemed to deputies "exotic" — it is the Latin American parliament (Parlatino), Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), Leonid Slutsky told. On Parlatino's session the Russian parliamentarians will go to Province of Panama, and on APA session — to Cambodia.
"In due time State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation did not pay much attention to work with these platforms, and today when we are not present in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe when we have a difficult understanding on a platform of OSCE PA, we need to work with all parliamentary organizations in the world which show interest to constructive cooperation with Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and on it it is not necessary to save" — Leonid Slutsky explained.
Deputies will go also to conference of parliamentarians of the Arctic region in Ottawa, on meeting of Inter-parliamentary assembly of Orthodoxy in Athenes, on meeting of the Inter-parliamentary union (devoted to climate change) in Marrakech.
the speaker Not eligible to travel abroad
the speaker will not go anywhere out of limits Russian Federation until the end of the year, follows from the plan. This information is confirmed by a source of RBC in the office of the Duma. The structure of participants of the Russian delegations is formed as approaching trip date, then the decision on participation and the speaker can be made, other interlocutor of RBC in the office of the Duma explained.
the Predecessor Vyacheslav Volodin on a post of the speaker Sergey Naryshkin was extremely active on the foreign policy direction, the political scientist Shulman Catherina speaks. It made many efforts to support inter-parliamentary dialogue, achieved return of a vote Russian Federation in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, but anything essential from this did not leave, she reminds. The international agenda was close to it most, and the political era was corresponding, and the present Duma should deal more with internal economic issues, the budget, taxes and possible answers to an economic crisis.
the Claimed plan of the international trips — it that the Duma is able to afford in the conditions of need at least ostentatious economy of means and the general international malevolence to Russian Federation, are noted by the political scientist. When it is necessary not to irritate the voter with excess expenditure and thus a little where invite, the obvious exit — less to go.
Visits of heads of the international organizations and parliaments will be financed by State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Leonid Slutsky told RBC. All expenses will be within put in the budget the current year of funds for State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, told Svetlana Zhurova. In the budget of 2016 on State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation were put 75 million rubles