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Article by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov “The Law, the Rights and the Rules”
2021-06-28
The frank and generally constructive conversation that took place at the June 16, 2021 summit meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden in Geneva resulted in an agreement to launch a ...
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Remarks by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Vladimir Chizhov at the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security Session “European Security: Trends and Prospects”
2021-06-24
Since the last MCIS conference in April 2019 the world has not stood still. Lots of diverse and remarkable events have occurred. Undoubtedly at the top of this virtual list is the coronavirus pandemic...
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Article by Russian President Vladimir Putin ”Being Open, Despite the Past“
2021-06-22
An article by the President of Russia has been published in the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit and is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic war. On J...
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Address of Heads of CIS participating states in Brussels on the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Outbreak of the Great Patriotic War
2021-06-22
Address of Heads of Diplomatic Missions of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Re...
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Remarks by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Vladimir Chizhov at the online seminar «80 Years since Nazi Germany Invaded the Soviet Union»
2021-06-21
Panel 2: How to apply the lessons of history to contemporary politics I would like to start by expressing my gratitude to Tatjana Ždanoka for organising this video conference today. I know that ...
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Article “We are in every moral right to toughen legislation when it comes to attempts to desecrate our historical memory” by Chairperson of the Committee on Culture of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Elena Yampolskaya
2021-06-21
This article was prepared in January 2021 by Elena Yampolskaya, Member of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, author of the initiative to introduce legislative responsibility...
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Joint Communication from High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and the European Commission on EU policy in relations with Russia
2021-06-17
Briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova We have received a number of media questions on the Joint Communication from High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and S...
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Telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Council President Charles Michel
2021-06-07
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel. Relations between Russia and the European Union, as well as a number of current ...
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Interview by Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov for RT
2021-06-04
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Interview by Permanent Representative of Russia to the EU Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov for CNN
2021-06-04
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Remarks by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Vladimir Chizhov at the SPIEF 2021 session “Russia – EU Relations: Responding to the Challenges of Time”
2021-06-03
I regret to admit that relations between Russia and the EU are now in an abnormal or, to put it bluntly, are in a deplorable state. Moreover, a negative trend in their development continues. We see no...
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