News and events

2017-10-27
We have studied the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2016. This document, on the whole, resembles a bureaucratic accounting of the EU's multifaceted and vigorous human ri...
2017-10-26
Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with Hala Gorani on The World Right Now programme, CNN International, 25 October 2017 © Copyright CNN Intern...
2017-10-26
October 25, 2017 19:15 The Kremlin, Moscow President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, We are pleased to receive President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Stei...
2017-10-26
October 24, 2017 18:10 The Kremlin, Moscow Press statements following Russia-Cyprus talks. With President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, coll...
2017-10-24
On 24 October 2017 Mr. Andrey Kelin, Director of the Department of European Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation met with Managing Director of the European External...
2017-10-23
Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with Kathimerini. It was published on 22 October 2017 in Greek and on 23 October in English. Question: What we...
2017-10-20
Question: Can you comment on the information about exemptions for Hungarian and other EU languages in Ukraine’s Law on Education? Maria Zakharova: We were alarmed to read information in some Ukrain...
2017-10-20
Remarks by Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk Agreements, Vi...
2017-10-20
Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov at the 10th Eurasian Economic Forum (Verona, 20 October 2017) Ladies and Gentlemen,...
2017-10-20
Vladimir Putin took part in the final plenary session of the 14th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club titled The World of the Future: Moving Through Conflict to Cooperation. ...
2017-10-17
On 16 October Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Sergei Kopyrkin hosted a traditional meeting with a group of "young leaders" – representatives of political parties, academic communit...
2017-10-17
On 17 October Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Russian Permanent Representative to the EU, met Mrs. Mariya Gabriel, Member of the European Commission for Digital Economy and Society. The discussion rev...
2017-10-13
In view of the strategy announced by President of the United States Donald Trump with respect to Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry reiterates its position that aggressive and threatening rhetoric is ...
2017-10-13
On 13 October Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov received Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Russia Ma...
2017-10-11
Another round of consultations on security and stability in the South Caucasus took place in Geneva, Switzerland, on October 10−11. The Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Republic of South Ossetia, th...
2017-10-09
Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov at the EU-Eurasia-China Business Summit organised by The Economist. Athens, 9 October ...
2017-10-05
Question: Trade Secretary Liam Fox said that the European Union and the UK have reached an understanding on the methodology they will use to divide between them World Trade Organization quotas after B...
2017-10-04
The 17th meeting of the Russia-EU Joint Committee on Readmission took place on 4 October 2017 in Brussels. The Russian delegation included representatives of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues ...
2017-10-02
On October 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Meshkov received new Head of the EU Delegation to Russia Markus Ederer who presented copies of his credentials. The sides discussed the current relation...