News and events

2019-06-27
On 27 June 2019 State Secretary, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin received EU Special Representative for Central Asia Peter Burian. During the meeting the parties discussed the sit...
2019-06-25
A regular session of the Russia-European Union Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee (JSTCC) was held in Brussels on 25 June 2019. The Russian delegation was headed by Mikhail Romanovs...
2019-06-24
Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Extending Certain Special Economic Measures to Ensure the Russian Federation’s Security. In order to protect the national interests of the Russian Federatio...
2019-06-24
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency in connection with the 25th anniversary of the Russia – EU Partnership and Cooperation Agre...
2019-06-22
The month of May and the fireworks are now behind us. The country and the world celebrated Victory Day, which is a holiday of war veterans, home front workers, and all the people of Russia and other v...
2019-06-20
On 20 June 2019 Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov met with master students of MGIMO European Studies Institute, who were in Brussels on a study visit within the framework o...
2019-06-20
On 20 June 2019 Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov met in Brussels with EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore. They discussed current challenges to the in...
2019-06-19
The statements made by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) at a news conference on June 19 about the alleged involvement of Russian servicemen in the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash were utterly re...
2019-06-18
On 18 June 2019 the Russian Delegation led by Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU and the Euratom, took part in the High-Level Conference on the B...
2019-06-17
On 17 June 2019 an annual press conference of Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU, was held for representatives of the leading media, accredited in Brussels. ...
2019-06-14
On 14 June 2019 Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU, was received by the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. They discussed a wide range of ...
2019-06-13
On 13 June 2019 a meeting between Minister of energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and Vice-President of the European commission for energy issues Maroš Šefčovič was held in Moscow. A numb...
2019-06-11
On 11 June a state reception on the occasion of Russia Day was held at the Russian Embassy in Belgium. Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU, Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Ambassador Extraordina...
2019-06-06
A New Europe: What is Russia to Expect? I believe many of those present today remember that terms “new” and “old” Europe were launched by the then US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld in early 2...
2019-06-05
We have noted the continued complaints about Russia “violating” the INF Treaty in the NATO leadership’s public rhetoric on the subject, while urging the Russian side to “show political will and abide ...