News and events

2019-08-31
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II outbreak we would like to draw our readers' attention to the article by Doctor of Historical Sciences Natalia Narochnitskaya “The Mu...
2019-08-30
1 September marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, the greatest tragedy of the 20th century that took more than 50 million lives. As far as we understand, Poland is to host vario...
2019-08-30
We express our serious concern with the escalation of tensions on the border of South Ossetia and Georgia provoked by construction of a Georgian police checkpoint in the vicinity of the South Ossetian...
2019-08-28
Statement by the European Commission of the "Europe-wide day of remembrance for the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes" We have noted the statement made on behalf of the European...
2019-08-26
Excerpts from Russian President Vladimir Putin's statements during his visits to France (19 August) and Finland (21 August) We are interested in a full-scale restoration of relations with the Europ...
2019-08-23
European Union and historical responsibility 23 August is a day best suitable to illustrate the process of falsification and revision of history, under way in the European Union for many years, ins...
2019-08-20
Colleagues, Today, we are opening an important historical and documentary exhibition dedicated to the outbreak of World War II. Unique archival documents are presented here, many of which come from...
2019-08-12
On 12 August 2019 Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov met with Head of European Union Delegation to the Russian Federation Markus Ederer. The discussion focused on cert...
2019-08-09
The attention of the entire world, especially in Europe, was focused on the final destruction of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by the United States. The US withdrawal from the ...
2019-08-08
We remember the tragic events that took place 11 years ago. On the night of August 7-8, having crudely violated international agreements on the peaceful settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, t...
2019-08-06
We, the heads of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, in commemoration of all those who fell in World War II while fighting against Nazi Germany and its allies and supporters: p...
2019-08-05
Statement by the President of Russia on the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles On February 1, 2019, the U...
2019-08-02
On August 2, the United States completed the withdrawal from the INF Treaty. Accordingly, this instrument ceased to have effect. Washington has committed a grave mistake. By launching a propaganda ...
2019-08-01
Excerpt from the briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova You have probably noted that we commented on statements made by the ministries of foreign affairs of various count...