Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that the deputies need to do a lot of work in the discussion of the draft law on the response to the US sanctions policy, said in a press release of the lower house of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. "As part of the discussion on the draft law, it is important for us to do a lot of work with the expert community, listen to comments and suggestions from those who, by their activities, are directly confronted with the sanctions policy of the United States and other countries," said Volodin.

"For discussion, we invited the chairmen of the relevant committees of the State Duma, representatives of business communities, rectors of leading Russian universities, political scientists and experts," said the chairman of the State Duma.

The meeting with representatives of business circles, scientists and political scientists will be held on April 20, and on May 3 the deputies will discuss the document with the doctors. On the eve, on April 17, to discuss the topic of counter-sittings, Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and the head of the Duma Committee on Health Protection Dmitry Morozov met with the founder of the Vera Hospis Assistance Foundation Nyuta Federmesser.