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No contacts currently exist between Russian, US senators — Federation Council official

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 258 words
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What to know about No contacts currently exist between Russian, US senators — Federation Council official

Andrey Denisov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, stated that there are currently no contacts between Russian and US senators. The article also mentions a previous visit by State Duma deputies to the US and a suggestion by Leonid Slutsky that US lawmakers might visit Russia in the fall.

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What happened

Russian and US senators currently have no contact and no such contacts are expected, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Andrey Denisov told TASS in an interview.

Why it matters

"I have no information about that, and I think nothing of this kind is planned for our chamber," he said, answering a question about whether Russian senators plan to visit the US following a trip to Washington by State Duma (the lower house of parliament)…

Common ground

"Our counterpart is the US Congress’s upper chamber, the Senate, and we currently have no contacts with it, and it seems to me that none are expected," the lawmaker said on the sidelines of the "Sprouts: Russia and China - Mutually Beneficial Cooperation"…

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Andrey Denisov, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, stated that there are currently no contacts between Russian and US senators. The article also mentions a previous visit by State Duma deputies to the US and a suggestion by Leonid Slutsky that US lawmakers might visit Russia in the fall.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Andrey Denisov is the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (HSN shopping, general Wikipedia entries on the State Duma and Security Council) and does not mention Andrey Denisov or his specific role.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 4th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации IV созыва) is a former convocation of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_State_Duma
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The People's Patriotic Union "Rodina" (lit. 'Motherland'; Russian: Народно-патриотический союз «Родина», romanized: Narodno-patrioticheskiy soyuz «Rodina») was a Russian political bloc that existed fr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodina_(political_bloc)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; Russian: Совбез, Совет безопасности Российской Федерации, СБРФ, romanized: Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, SBRF) is a constitu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Council_of_Russia
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Claim 2: “Leonid Slutsky is the chairman of the State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)”
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Multiple independent and authoritative sources confirm both parts of the claim: Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm Leonid Slutsky is the leader of the LDPR and the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs/Foreign Affairs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky ( SLOOT-ski; Russian: Леонид Эдуардович Слуцкий; born 4 January 1968) is a Russian politician who has been the leader the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia since 27 May 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Slutsky_(politician)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 presidential campaign of Leonid Slutsky, deputy of the State Duma and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, was announced on 19 December 2023, during the party's congress. Slutsky…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Slutsky is a Belarusian, Russian, and Ashkenazi Jewish surname that derived from Slutsk in Belarus. The Jewish family name 'Slutsky' is an Ashkenazized form of (Hebrew: סלוצקי; Russian: Слу́цкий; Ukra…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slutsky
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Claim 3: “Russian and US senators currently have no contact and no such contacts are expected”
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The claim is directly supported by a web search result titled 'No contacts currently exist between Russian, US senators...', which explicitly states that no contacts currently exist and no such contacts are expected.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been several rounds of peace talks to end the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war since it began with Russia's invasion in February 2022. Russia's president Vladimir Putin seeks recognition of all …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States and Russia maintain strategic foreign relations since the establishment in 1991, a continuation of the relationship the United States has had with various Russian governments since 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–United_States_relations
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Claim 4: “In March, a group of five Russian lawmakers visited the US at the invitation of US Representative Anna Paulina Luna”
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Two separate web search results explicitly confirm that a group of five Russian lawmakers visited the US in March at the invitation of US Representative Anna Paulina Luna.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The February 2025 United States–Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia (also known as the 2025 Saudi Arabia meeting) was a meeting at the ministerial level between the United States and Russia. It was held on…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian government conducted foreign electoral interference in the 2016 United States elections with the goals of sabotaging the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, boosting the presidential…
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