News and events

2019-07-25
On 23–24 July 2019 a delegation from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon, headed by its director Alexis Goosdeel visited Moscow. During the visit meetings w...
2019-07-23
We have taken note of the speech delivered at the European Parliament on 18 July 2019 by European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on behalf of the High Rep...
2019-07-22
On 22 July 2019 another round of Russia – EU political consultations on Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Moscow between Director of Department for Latin America of the Russian Foreign Minis...
2019-07-17
Five years ago, on 17 July 2014, Malaysia Airlines ‘Boeing’, a civilian aircraft operating flight МН17 from Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur, crashed in eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board died. Unfo...
2019-07-17
Dmitry Medvedev congratulates Ursula von der Leyen on her election as European Commission Presidentю The Prime Minister’s message reads, in part: “On behalf of the Government of the Russian Fede...
2019-07-17
Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Ursula von der Leyen on her election as President of the European Commission. The President of Russia expressed confidence that Ursula von der Le...
2019-07-16
Europe and Russia: moving towards a new era? Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am happy to be here again addressing another “Economist” Conference. It almost started to look like a tradi...
2019-07-15
We have taken note of the Declaration on the INF Treaty made by High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini on behalf of all EU Member States. ...
2019-07-15
On 15 July 2019 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with heads of diplomatic missions of EU Member States and the Head of the Delegation of the European ...
2019-07-11
Speaking today, July 11, at an international conference in Batumi, President of the European Council Donald Tusk came out with yet another anti-Russia attack. He tried to distort the meaning of the we...
2019-07-08
Let’s first talk about arms control. As we speak [4 July], Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with Pope Francis. They say that during the Cuban missile crisis Pope John XXIII played a positiv...
2019-07-04
Starting July 1, 2019, citizens of foreign states can apply for online visas for travel to the Kaliningrad Region at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s special site: http://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru/index_...
2019-07-04
In our opinion, Russia – EU relations should develop only on the principles of equality, mutual respect, and on the basis of genuine common interests of all Europeans. We hope that Europe’s interest i...