Vyacheslav Volodin

Today, the Russian parliament gave its initial support to legislation that would prohibit citizens of countries where gender reassignment is permitted from adopting children of Russian origin. The move, according to the government, is deemed necessary to preserve “traditional values.”

Russia is moving forward with a proposal to impose significant fines for what it terms the "propaganda of deliberate refusal to bear children." This announcement was made by Vyacheslav Volodin, the Speaker of the Russian Parliament, on his Telegram channel, indicating that deputies in the State Duma have begun deliberating on such a bill.

Turkish Ambassador to Moscow Tanju Bilgiç, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament Konstantin Kosashev, Chairman of the Federation Council Russia-Türkiye Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Murat Hapsirokov and other officials welcomed parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmuş at Moscow Vnukovo Airport on Sept. 23.

Vyacheslav Volodin, the Chairman of the Russian State Duma, claimed today that the United States is behind the arrest of Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging platform, in France. According to Volodin, the arrest, which occurred over the weekend, is part of a broader effort by the US to exert control over Telegram.

Russian air defenses have successfully intercepted multiple Ukrainian drones flying over Russian territory. This development comes amidst Ukrainian President's renewed plea for expedited deliveries of weapons and ammunition to bolster the Ukrainian army's capabilities.

In a stern warning to French President Emmanuel Macron, allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned against any potential deployment of foreign troops into Ukraine, drawing parallels to Napoleon Bonaparte's ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812.

In a move signaling heightened tensions between Russia and the West, Reuters reports that Russia has officially withdrawn from a 1956 fishing agreement with Britain. The agreement, originally brokered by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, allowed British vessels access to lucrative fishing grounds in the Barents Sea and along the coast of the Kola Peninsula and Kolguev Island.

"Washington is ready to do everything to maintain its power over the world, sacrificing the welfare of citizens and the economy of European countries," Duma President, Vyacheslav Volodin, said.

President of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, warned that if the mayor of the Finnish border town of Lappeenranta (a Finnish city about 30 kilometers away from the Russian border) hosted a NATO military base, it would be targeted by the Russian army.
Kimmo Jarva, the mayor of Lappeenranta, indicated that his city would like to host a military base.

In daily announcements and speeches, Volodin condemned public figures who oppose the war as "traitors", demanded that Russia be paid for natural gas and other goods in rubles, and described the U.S. President as "sick and miserable". All these statements had one purpose - to please the president, reports the independent Russian portal Meduza.