Russian State Duma Speaker Volodin closes parliament’s eighth session by chanting ‘Russia! Putin! Victory!’ five times, drawing applause
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin closed the chamber’s eighth session, delivering a speech at the final meeting that summarized the deputies’ work.
Volodin listed three priorities for the State Duma’s work: carrying out the president’s directives, “supplying the SVO,” and addressing the agenda that people across the country raised during meetings with deputies. Over five years, deputies passed 2,980 federal laws, including 250 “anti-sanctions laws.”
Volodin also urged deputies to “show strategic restraint” and to “stay united to ensure SVO’s goals are achieved.”
He closed his remarks with the line “Parties are many, the Motherland is one,” then repeated the slogan “Russia! Putin! Victory!” five times. Deputies didn’t join the chant, responding instead with applause.
The State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, will hold elections for its ninth session on September 18–20, 2026.
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