News and events

2015-05-22
Russia’s Foreign Ministry closely monitored the preparations for and the progress of the Eastern Partnership (EP) summit in Riga, Latvia. The Foreign Ministry will study the summit’sresults to determi...
2015-05-22
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with Bloomberg, 21 May 2015 BPlayer(null, {"id":"c0bKqWwXR5Cy8tQGMMSSuA","htmlChildId":"bbg-vid...
2015-05-19
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions following a meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Brussels, May 19, 2015 Esteemed colleagues, ...
2015-05-19
Brussels, 18 May 2015 Joint Operational Conclusions by the European Commission, the Russian Federation and Ukraine In the framework of the trilateral talks and on the basis of our joint statement of...
2015-05-18
On 18 May the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov met EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini in Br...
2015-05-13
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov replies to Politico questions on migration issue, 12 May 2015 Question: Does the EU plan of destroying the vess...
2015-05-12
Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Russian MFA, Ambassador Sergey Vershinin and Director for North Africa, Middle East, Ar...
2015-05-10
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Madam Federal Chancellor, ladies and gentlemen, Today, Ms Merkel and I laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and honoured the memory of the victims of ...
2015-05-09
President of Russia and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin attended a military parade on Red Square in Moscow to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patrioti...
2015-05-05
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a joint press conference following talks with Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Sebasti...
2015-05-04
Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation "Neo-nazism - a dangerous threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law", April 2015 Link to the report ...
2015-05-01
The first anniversary of one of the most tragic episodes in Ukraine’s internal conflict is marked on May 2. On this date, neo-Nazi Banderites burned unarmed people in the Trade Unions House in Odessa....