News and events

2018-03-31
On 31 March the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Paris sent a verbal note to the French Foreign Ministry containing a list of questions to the French side regarding the “Skripals case” fabricated ...
2018-03-31
On 31 March the Embassy of the Russian Federation in London sent a verbal note to the British Foreign Office containing a list of questions to the British side regarding the “Skripals case” fabricated...
2018-03-30
The leaders of the Normandy format countries reaffirm their commitment to implementing all aspects of the Minsk Agreements, including security, political, humanitarian and economic issues. They will d...
2018-03-29
The British authorities systematically demonstrate their inability to ensure safety of Russian citizens on British territory. Among flagrant examples are poisoning of former FSB agent Alexander Litvin...
2018-03-26
We strongly protest against the decision taken by a number of EU and NATO member states to expel Russian diplomats. We consider this as an unfriendly act that is not consistent with the tasks and i...
2018-03-23
On 23 March 2018 the Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov received a delegation of the Association of European Business in Russia (AEB) led by Mr. Thomas Staertzel,...
2018-03-23
The conclusions issued by the European Council on 22 March regarding the chemical incident in Salisbury are regrettable. The wording used by the European Council attributing Russia with responsibility...
2018-03-22
1. On 12 March 2018, Prime Minister of Great Britain Theresa May, addressing the House of Commons, said it was "highly likely" that the Russian Federation was responsible for the poisoning of former G...
2018-03-20
On 15 March 2018 within the framework of Russia-EU political dialogue another round of consultations was held between Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU, and Amb...
2018-03-19
The speed with which EU member countries rushed to call British allegations of Russia’s involvement in the tragic incident in Salisbury “extremely serious” was perplexing. Despite the attempts of t...
2018-03-19
On March 16, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin met with European Union Ambassador to Russia Markus Ederer. The two diplomats discussed a range of current issues related to Russia-EU relation...
2018-03-19
Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview for the Andrew Marr Show on BBC One, 18 March 2018 (c) Copyright BBC ...
2018-03-16
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, as guarantors of the observance of the ceasefire regime in Syria, gathered in Astan...
2018-03-16
Again, with the tacit approval of the Latvian authorities, on March 16, Riga honoured those who committed mass crimes against humanity in the ranks of the “voluntary Latvian SS Legion” and were involv...
2018-03-16
The decision by the Ukrainian authorities, released on March 16, 2018, not to allow citizens of the Russian Federation to the Embassy and general consulates of Russia on the day of the election of the...
2018-03-15
On March 14, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko received Director General of the Association of European Businesses in the Russian Federation Frank Schauff. The discussion touched on relatio...
2018-03-14
Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with BBC World News, 13 March 2018 © Copyright BBC World News ...
2018-03-14
Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with CNN International, 13 March 2018 © Copyright CNN International ...
2018-03-13
On March 13, Russian State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin received the co-chairs of the Geneva Discussions on Security and Stability in the South Caucasus – EU Special Represent...
2018-03-07
A Russian interagency delegation headed by Director of the Department for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Nuritdin Inamov took part...
2018-03-06
Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov's interview with Euractiv, 6 March 2018 Euractiv: The US is accusing Russia of killing civilians in Syria, and this happens...
2018-03-02
Remarks by Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Dmitry Balakin at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Min...
2018-03-02
Remarks by Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU at the International High Level Conference on Sahel, Brussels, 23 February 2018 Dear Madam Chairperson, Let m...