Meeting with State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Volodin, the session has concluded. I congratulate you and all State Duma deputies, and I want to thank you for your collaborative effort. It has been a real battle, to use today's terminology, and highly productive. Please convey my thanks to all State Duma deputies.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin VyacheslavChairman of the State Duma : Thank you very much, Mr President. I opened today's Duma meeting with the words you had previously shared with me, once again conveying your appreciation and best wishes to the deputies for their work. Everything achieved has been made possible by the serious and sustained focus placed on developing our parliamentary democracy and the State Duma. Considering this year's results, we have truly accomplished a great deal.

We have passed 588 laws. As for legislative initiatives, a total of 1,303 were submitted in 2025, with State Duma deputies alone accounting for more than 40 percent of these. If we add the initiatives from regional deputies and legislative bodies, that share rises to over 50 percent. And, with the joint legislative initiatives undertaken with members of the Federation Council, the figure exceeds 70 percent. This represents a substantial and concrete effort.

What must also be stressed is that, as time has gone on, there has been more action, less theatre, and less empty talk. This has been due in large part to your decision, at the time, to propose amendments to the Constitution and to devolve powers to our citizens - enabling them, through their deputies, to approve and participate in forming the Government. This has fostered a shared responsibility for the outcomes of our work, a process in which the opposition parties are also involved.

To be continued.