News and events

2019-12-24
On 24 December 2019 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone call with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell upon the latter’s i...
2019-12-18
Thirty years ago, on 18 December 1989, Brussels hosted the signing of the Agreement on Trade and Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the USSR and the European communities. This date became the...
2019-12-17
On 17 December 2019 Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko met with Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation Markus Ederer. They discussed some aspects of relations between Rus...
2019-12-11
On 11 December 2019 Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU, met with the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the EU Irena Andrassy and the Croatian PSC Ambassador...
2019-12-10
On 10 December 2019 a reception on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Russia – EU relations was held at the Permanent Mission of Russia to the European Union. Thirty years ago, on 18 ...
2019-12-09
The 13th European Russian Forum was held on 8–9 December 2019 in the European Parliament in Brussels. This annual event is organised since 2007 by the President of EU Russian-speakers Alliance, Member...
2019-12-05
On 5 December 2019 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a meeting with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell on the sidelines of the OSCE Minist...
2019-12-04
Russia – EU expert dialogue on drugs was held on 4 December 2019 in Brussels. The Russian interagency delegation was led by Mr. Alexey Rogov, Deputy Director of the Department for New Challenges and T...
2019-12-04
On 4 December 2019 Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU, met with Mr. Phil Hogan, Member of the European Commission for Trade. The Ambassador hande...
2019-12-03
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Jean-Claude Juncker, who left the office of President of the European Commission. Vladimir Putin thanked Jean-Claude Juncker for the constructive co...
2019-12-03
Vladimir Putin congratulated Ursula von der Leyen on assuming the office of President of the European Commission. Both sides noted that, despite the current difficult period regarding relations bet...
2019-12-02
On 2 December 2019 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Moscow with the heads of the diplomatic missions of EU countries and the head of the European Union Delegation to the Russian Federation. Th...
2019-12-01
The message reads, in part: “In your capacity as prime minister of Belgium, you have made a major personal contribution to the development of friendly partner relations between Russia and Belgium. ...