State Duma deputies discussed visas for Russians and flights with US congressmen

Visas for Russians, as well as the restoration of direct flights, were discussed at a meeting with the US Congress. This was announced by a member of the Russian delegation, State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova on Friday, March 27.

"Of course, we also discussed, I raised this topic, sports issues. This is also the participation of Russians in the Olympics in two years, which will be held in America. For their part, they will try to do their best. I hope the Olympic Committee listens to the Americans," she said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

The parliamentarian added that questions were also raised about the resumption of student exchanges, the restoration of humanitarian and cultural ties.

"We have a friendship group in our parliament. Now there are all the reasons to create such a friendship group in the United States so that these contacts are more frequent," concluded Zhurova.

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Vyacheslav Nikonov, a State Duma deputy and head of the Russian delegation, said at the end of the negotiations on March 26 that the first meeting of the delegation of the State Duma of the Russian Federation with American congressmen in Washington went even better than expected, RT reports.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that before the visit to the United States, the Russian parliamentary delegation met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to restore mutual dialogue and received basic instructions from the head of state.

On the eve of the meeting with the Russian parliamentary delegation, American Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna said that members of the US Congress had received an invitation to visit Moscow and were considering the possibility of a return visit in the future.

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