News and events

2014-12-23
In Brussels on 15 December the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU, Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, and on 18 December the Director for the Neighbourhood of the European Commissi...
2014-12-19
Comment by the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to a statement by the EEAS spokesperson Moscow has noted the statement by the EEAS spokesperson regard...
2014-12-18
Comment by the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the European Council resolutions on Crimea and Sevastopol Moscow has noted the new confrontational reso...
2014-12-18
The President Vladimir Putin’s news conference was broadcast live by Channel One, Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24 TV channels, and by the Radio Rossii, Mayak and Vesti FM radio stations. 1259 Russian and for...
2014-12-17
The third edition of the White Book on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine (July - November 2014) issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ...
2014-12-17
On 17 December 2014 the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Union (in force since 1997) was supplemented by a Protocol to take account of the accessio...
2014-12-04
President Vladimir Putin made his Annual Address to the Federal Assembly. As is tradition, the Address took place at the Kremlin’s St George Hall before an audience of more than 1,000 people. In hi...
2014-12-04
Press release on the meeting of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini On 4 December, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met ...
2014-12-04
Minister, you are here in Brussels, in the European Parliament, in order to participate in a conference entitled “The Second Cold War - Hotting up?” It seems to take the existence of a sec...
2014-12-03
On December 3, 2014 regular Russia – EU expert-level consultations on the Western Balkans (COWEB) and EU Enlargement (COELA) were held in Brussels within the established framework of the Russia ...
2014-12-01
Speech by Secretary of State and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin at the Eighth European Russian Forum, Brussels, 1 December 2014 Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honour to be invited to th...
2014-12-01
On 1 December, State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin met in Brussels with Deputy Secretary General for the European External Action Service (EAS) Helga ...