State Duma Sets Spring Agenda, Confirms Lavrov Government Hour for Feb. 11

Overview

• Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin met faction leaders on January 12 to finalize the spring session priorities and work plan.
• The first plenary meeting is set for January 13, with parliamentary hearings on light industry scheduled for January 29.
• A Government Hour on Russia’s foreign policy with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is slated for February 11, according to a draft resolution in the Duma’s electronic database.
• Additional Government Hours are planned for May 27 on AI, digital public services and data protection, and for June 24 on spatial development and transport links.
• Priority bills include treaty ratifications, measures to support participants in the special military operation and their families, improvements to children’s recreation quality, and better access to medicines, alongside forthcoming 2025 reports from the Ombudsman, the Accounts Chamber, the Government and the Bank of Russia.