News and events

2020-03-25
In view of the worldwide spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is urging all parties to regional armed conflicts to immediately stop ho...
2020-03-24
Article by Georghiy Muradov, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation Th...
2020-03-23
If the European Union starts another operation in the Mediterranean to monitor Libyan arms embargo that would follow the previous naval mission “Sophia”, Russia expects to be informed in due time. At ...
2020-03-22
According to the decree of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Aerospace Forces completed creation of the aviation grouping to deliver the...
2020-03-19
Russia has a very low [coronavirus] infection figure (93), but is that because the quality of Rospotrebnadzor testing is not up to scratch? As anywhere all over the world now, the situation around ...
2020-03-19
On 4 February 2020 new rules for transporting money across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union came into force. From now on, a natural person transporting over 100 thousand US dollars at...
2020-03-18
To ensure national security, protect the health of the population and curb the spread of the coronavirus infection in line with Russian law and the provisions of the applicable international treaties,...
2020-03-11
On 11 March 2020 Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU, met with Mr. Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the E...
2020-03-05
On 5 March 2020 a telephone conversation was held between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the European Council Charles Michel. The two leaders discussed the situation in Syria i...
2020-03-04
On 4 March 2020 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential Special Envoy for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov received the Head of the European Union Delegation to Russia Ambassador M...
2020-03-03
On 3 March 2020 Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov received the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Belgium and Luxembourg, ...