Every 16th law passed in the State Duma over the past five years concerns the "SVO"

The State Duma of the eighth convocation held its final meeting and summed up the results of its work over the past five years.

How to clarified chairman Vyacheslav VolodinDuring this time, 2980 federal laws were passed. Of these, almost 70% found support across all factions (at today's meeting with deputies, Putin call This is the “unity of different political forces” that helped “make decisions quickly and efficiently” and “protect national sovereignty”). 

The eighth convocation, which began in the fall of 2021, will be remembered primarily for its shift to the "SVO" agenda: over five years, 183 laws (or one in every 16) were passed to "provide legislative support for the special operation." Another 70 or so laws concerned the annexation of "new territories."

The work of the eighth State Duma deputies will also be remembered for a new round of ideological bans. These include a complete ban on the promotion of non-traditional relationships and the refusal to have children, as well as a ban on gender reassignment.

The next State Duma will begin its work in the fall, after the elections. Andrey Kartapolov He has already assured journalists that rumors about a new wave of mobilization that should begin after the elections are completely unfounded.

“We have no need to carry out mobilization,” he declared. "The main method of recruiting our Armed Forces is voluntary, when people come to military registration and enlistment offices and sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense."

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