Russian position on topical issues

Statement by President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Moscow, 14 April 2018

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the Munich Security Conference, Munich, 17 February 2018

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answers to media questions at a news conference held at the UN Headquarters. New York, 19 January 2018

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a news conference on Russian diplomacy in 2017. Moscow, 15 January 2018

Meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, 21 September 2017

Statement by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 21 September 2017

Vladimir Putin’s interview with Le Figaro, 31 May 2017

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s address and answers to questions at the 53rd Munich Security Conference, 18 February 2017

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a news conference on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2016, 17 January 2017

President Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference, 23 December 2016 

Address by President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly, 1 December 2016

Address by President Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, 27 October 2016

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s speech and answers to questions at the meeting with representatives of the Association of European Businesses, 25 October 2016

President Vladimir Putin's interview with German newspaper Bild, 5 January 2016

News conference of President Vladimir Putin, 17 December 2015

Address by President Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the 12th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, 22 October 2015

Address by President Vladimir Putin at the plenary meeting of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, 28 September 2015

Direct Line with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, 16 April 2015

News conference of President Vladimir Putin, 18 December 2014

President Vladimir Putin's Address to the Federal Assembly, 4 December 2014

President Vladimir Putin's Interview with German TV channel ARD, 17 November 2014

President Vladimir Putin's interview with TASS, 14 November 2014

President Vladimir Putin's address at the plenary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club’s XI session, 24 October 2014 

Address by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 27 September 2014 

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev’s address at a plenary session of the Sochi-2014 International Investment Forum, 19 September 2014  

The "Putin Plan" for settling the conflict in Ukraine, 3 September 2014 

Address by the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov at the meeting with students and faculty of MGIMO University, 1 September 2014 

Statement by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the situation in Ukraine, 21 July 2014

Address by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin at the conference of Russian ambassadors and permanent representatives, 1 July 2014

Message by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the leaders of European countries regarding the supply and transit of Russian gas across the territory of Ukraine, 15 May 2014

Interview by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Bloomberg, 14 May 2014

Interview by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Russia Today, 23 April 2014 

Direct Line with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, 17 April 2014

Letter by the President of Russia to the leaders of several European countries, 10 April 2014

Address by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, 18 March 2014

Joint Statement by the BRICS Ministers for Foreign Affairs, 26 September 2012

Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Russia and the League of Arab States on principles of settlement of the Syrian crisis, 10 March 2012

Article by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for Moskovskiye Novosti, 27 February 2012

Russian MFA presented a report on human rights in certain states, 28 December 2011

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Interview to Interfax News Agency, 26 December 2011

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Interview to Reuters News Agency, 23 December, 2011

Replies by MFA Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich to Questions from Interfax News Agency on Russian-Georgian Agreement in Context of Russia’s WTO Accession, 23 December 2011

Statement by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the situation concerning the NATO countries’ missile defence system in Europe, 23 November 2011

Article by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "A new integration project for Eurasia: The future in the making" ("Izvestia", 3 October 2011)

On the Completion of the Work of the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 30 May 2010