State Duma International Affairs Committee
The State Duma Committee on International Affairs is a standing committee of the lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly responsible for drafting legislation on foreign policy, international relations, and parliamentary diplomacy. It has been chaired by Leonid Slutsky since 2015. The committee engages in interparliamentary contacts and oversees the ratification of international agreements.
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Witkoff shuttles between Oslo and St Petersburg as US reports progress on Ukraine peace track
US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Oslo on 20 October, then travelled to St Petersburg to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on 21 October. After the meetings, US President Donald Trump said ending the war was closer than ever, the Kremlin said Russia was generally ready for renewed trilateral talks in the first ten days of November, and Ukrainian Ambassador-at-Large Serhiy Korsunsky argued that Putin would not attend without Ukrainian capitulation.