137th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union became the most representative and biggest for the 128-year history of IPU. Over 2000 delegates representing over 160 national parliaments and 11 parliamentary unions expressed their views on a number of subjects of the international

Last week the king of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud visited Moscow. This visit was prepared for about 2 years, and everytime the visit was postponed due to the reasons uncontrolled by the Russian party. The press of Saudi Arabia called the visit a historical one before the negotiations and said that “It will set the record straight In the political, economic and strategic issues related to the Syrian problem, oil market as well as military cooperation of Russia and Saudi Arabia, including the one in the sphere of nuclear energy”. (inosmi.ru) The Russian observers took a more reserved position in their evaluation.

I am glad to have this opportunity to speak at the regular Meeting of Heads of Special Services, Security Agencies and Law Enforcement Agencies that are Foreign Partners of Russia’s Federal Security Service.
Joint well-coordinated work is acquiring a special importance today. The situation in the world is tense and is not becoming any easier. The old conflicts are smoldering, there are new threats and challenges.

On 5th of October in Budapest (Hungary) will be held an international conference «Russia and Europe: Topical Issues of Contemporary International Journalism». The conference is organized by the International Affairs magazine with support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Federal