News and events

2022-03-31
The EU policy of sanctions against Russia oversteps all limits. Following the launch of the special military operation in Ukraine Brussels is arbitrarily imposing unilateral restrictions against numer...
2022-03-29
Question: Can you comment on the Strategic Compass, the EU’s new military and political doctrine approved on March 25? Maria Zakharova: The EU’s doctrinal document on security and defence, which ...
2022-03-28
The results of the European Council’s meeting, held jointly with US leaders, reaffirmed the fact that the collective West needs Ukraine – a country that is completely controlled by Washington and in t...
2022-03-24
Question: Leader of European diplomacy Josep Borrell and European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevicius accused Russia of weaponising the water resources in Ukraine...
2022-03-18
When it comes to serious negotiation, especially with the future of a major international agreement like the JCPOA at stake, there is no place for fuss or speculation in the public domain. We are comp...
2022-03-17
We see no need to comment separately on the latest product from the EU’s sanctions conveyor belt. Russia's position on the EU's illegitimate unilateral restrictions is very clear and has been expresse...
2022-03-16
Excerpts from the transcript of the meeting on socioeconomic support for regions Taking part in our meeting are senior Government officials, plenipotentiary presidential envoys in the federal distr...
2022-03-16
On 16 March 2022 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko received Ekaterini Nassika, Pierre Levy and Krzysztof Krajewski, Ambassadors to Russia of the Hellenic Republic, the French Republic ...
2022-03-15
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel. The leaders continued the discussion on Russia’s special military operation to d...
2022-03-14
At 11:30 am on 14 March 2022 Ukrainian forces hit a residential neighbourhood in Donetsk with a Tochka-U tactical missile with a cluster munition warhead prohibited under international law. Although i...
2022-03-11
Since the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, European media landscape has been dominated not only by an aggressive and uncompromising imposition of an untruthful interpretation of its ...
2022-03-09
Ukraine update The special military operation by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continues in Ukraine. According to the leadership of the Russian Federation, it is progressing in strict ...
2022-03-07
Regrettably, we have seen the statement by European politicians on energy issues and calls to dump Russian oil and gas. European officials are once again trying to shift the problems and failures o...
2022-03-07
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel. Vladimir Putin laid out Russia’s position regarding the ongoing military operati...
2022-03-07
The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union is receiving similar appeals from European citizens who, evidently under the influence of aggressive anti-Russian propaganda relen...
2022-03-05
On 4 March 2022 we learned from the European Commission’s press release about its decision to suspend cooperation with Russia in seven cross-border cooperation programmes (Russia – Poland, Russia – Li...