laktionov.the island of freedom to the celestial empire, this is today the geography of cooperation between the russian parliament and its foreign colleagues. while some countries, under pressure from the united states and the european union, continue to isolate russia, others are strengthening ties with it. the first in a series of foreign business trips of vyacheslav volodin. during the spring session was saudi arabia . this is not an ordinary event. it was the first visit of the state duma chairman to the kingdom in 30 years. relations between the states are reaching a new level. parliaments must support the course taken. we must do everything possible on our part to ensure that we contribute to the development of relations, do everything we can to provide legislative support for decisions taken at the level of heads of state, the king. koravi, president of the russian federation, we see this as the purpose of our visit, in order to develop the parliamentary dimension. we pay extremely import