News and events

2016-03-25
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a media question at a joint news conference following talks with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Paolo Gentiloni, Moscow, ...
2016-03-24
On 22-23 March, Geneva hosted another round of international discussions on the South Caucasus that involved representatives of the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation, the United St...
2016-03-22
The Russian Permanent Mission to the EU expresses its deep condolences to the families of victims of terrorist attacks in Brussels and wishes the injured prompt recovery. These tragic events demons...
2016-03-21
On 22-23 March Geneva will host another round of international discussions on security and stability in the Trans-Caucasus. Delegations of the Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Russian Federation, th...
2016-03-18
We were surprised by the statement on Crimea of 18 March that the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy made on behalf of the European Union. It is permeated with arrogant dis...
2016-03-15
President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to address issues of settling the Syrian crisis. The President gave an order to b...
2016-03-15
Comment by the Information and Press Department on the remarks by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini following an EU Foreign Affai...
2016-03-14
On 14 March 2016, at 12:31 MSK (10:31 CET) a Proton-M launcher with a Briz M upper stage successfully departed the Baikonur cosmodrome carrying two spacecraft of the ExoMars-2016 mission – demonst...
2016-03-03
Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov’s article "Russia’s Foreign Policy: Historical Background" for "Russia in Global Affairs" magazine, 3 March 2016 International relations hav...
2016-03-01
Excerpts from the statement by Sergey Kopyrkin, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU, at a meeting of the Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security. B...
2016-03-01
Comment by the Information and Press Department on Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn’s remarks Lately, a propaganda campaign in a number of E...
2016-03-01
Foreign Ministry Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law Konstantin Dolgov answers a question from the Interfax news agency Question: Could you comment on media reports about serio...