News and events

2017-12-27
Comment by Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights and Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Anatoly Viktorov on the European...
2017-12-27
Vienna, December 21, 2017 Mr Chairperson, Unfortunately, we are once again witnessing a sharp deterioration of the situation in Donbass. The number of ceasefire violations, including with the us...
2017-12-26
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov’s interview with Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten, 25 December 2017 Question: Since the outbreak of the Ukra...
2017-12-22
On December 22, on the initiative of the Austrian side, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Rep...
2017-12-22
The Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey as guarantors of the observance of the ceasefire regime in the Syrian Arab Republic: - reaffirming their strong and c...
2017-12-18
Vienna, December 14, 2017 Mr Chairperson, The talks of a draft declaration by the OSCE Ministerial Council on the Ukrainian crisis have revealed the continuing attempts to distort the essence of...
2017-12-14
On 12 December Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov met Chairman of the EU Military Committee General Mikhail Kostarakos in Brussels. The meeting mainly focused on ...
2017-12-14
The President’s news conference was broadcast live by Rossiya 1, Rossiya 24 and Channel One, as well as Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good aft...
2017-12-13
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov met Member of the European Commission for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis on 11 Decembe...
2017-12-13
Another round of consultations on security and stability in the South Caucasus took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 12−13. The Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Republic of South Ossetia, t...
2017-12-07
On 7 December the Permanent Mission of Russia to the EU hosted the regular meeting of the Economic Council under the auspices of the Russian Permanent Representative to the European Union and the Euro...
2017-12-06
On 6 December Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov received Deputy Chairperson of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) Supreme Council Galina Antyufeeva and ...
2017-12-05
Brussels, European Parliament, December 4, 2017 I cordially welcome the organisers and participants of the 11th European Russian Forum, “EU 2017 and Russian Revolution 1917: Lessons not Learned”. Y...
2017-12-05
The 11th European Russian Forum was held on 3-4 December 2017 in Brussels. This annual event is organised by the EU Russian-speakers Alliance and its President, Member of the European Parliament Tatja...
2017-12-05
On 30 November experts from the Russian Federation and the European Union took part in a regular video-conference to discuss topical issues of bilateral cooperation in the area of information and comm...
2017-12-04
On 23 November President of the Republic of Sudan Omar al-Bashir paid a working visit to the Russian Federation. We took notice of the declaration to this effect made on behalf of the European Unio...
2017-12-01
On 1 December regular Russia – EU expert consultations on Western Balkans (COWEB) and EU Enlargement (COELA) were held in Brussels within the established framework of Russia – EU Political Dialogue. ...
2017-12-01
Today, 1 December, marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation Establishing a Partnership between the Russian Federation, of the one part, and th...