News and events

2017-06-29
Fragment of the briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Moscow, June 29, 2017 On July 12, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be in Belgium on a working visit at the invitation o...
2017-06-23
Vienna, June 22, 2017 Mr Chairman, The situation in Ukraine continues to arouse grave concern. Kiev’s militant nationalist agenda is undermining the chances of a peaceful settlement of the inter...
2017-06-21
The latest round of consultations co-chaired by the UN, the OSCE and the EU was held as part of international discussions on Transcaucasia in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 20−21, with the participation...
2017-06-20
We have taken note of the June 15 ruling of the General Court of the European Union in the case of Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev v Council of the European Union. The court has go...
2017-06-20
Moscow, June 20, 2017 We have had very productive talks with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian. They were held in accordance with the agreements reached between Pres...
2017-06-15
The annual special Direct Line with Vladimir Putin was broadcast live by Channel One, Rossiya 1, Rossiya 24 and Russia Today TV channels, and Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations. Tatyan...
2017-06-14
We have familiarised ourselves with the eighteenth report produced by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine for the period from February 16 to May 15, 2017. We are deeply concerned over...
2017-06-14
The results of the June 11 parliamentary election in Kosovo pointed to the continued radicalisation of the political establishment in Pristina. Evidence of this is that the majority of votes were cast...
2017-06-09
On June 9, State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin met with the visiting co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in the South Caucasus – EU Spec...
2017-06-05
On the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Vladimir Putin answered questions from NBC News anchor Megyn Kelly. Megyn Kelly: President Putin, you have repeatedly and pa...
2017-06-02
Vienna, June 1, 2017 Mr Chairman, I would like to begin by reminding you that today is International Children’s Day. Too many children have been killed or injured during Kiev’s punitive operatio...