News and events

2021-11-30
MYTH: Russia is not interested in a dialogue with NATO Rebuttal: Russia did not do anything to worsen its relations with NATO. The blame for the degradation of these relations lies entirely with...
2021-11-30
On 29 November 2021 talks to restore the JCPOA resumed in Vienna after more than a five-month break. All the participants reaffirmed their commitment to further efforts to return to the full implem...
2021-11-26
On 26 November 2021 Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Union Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov met with Yevgheny Primakov, Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, a leading Russian agency whose main mis...
2021-11-24
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel. A number of current international issues were discussed in depth during the call...
2021-11-18
On 18 November 2021 Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Syrian settlement, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the MFA of Rus...
2021-11-18
Good afternoon, After President Vladimir Putin’s opening statement at this expanded meeting of the Foreign Ministry Collegium, which you attended and in which he assessed our work and set new tasks...
2021-11-18
Mr Lavrov, colleagues, I would like to welcome everyone here to the expanded meeting of the Foreign Ministry Board. Today, our agenda is focused on the implementation of Russia’s foreign policy and...
2021-11-17
On 17 November 2021 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko had a telephone conversation with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar. Escalation along certain parts of ...
2021-11-16
In light of the numerous media inquiries we have received, it is necessary to provide some clarification regarding the Defence Ministry’s successful test on November 15 of this year. The test resulted...
2021-11-16
Dear co-chairs, Ministers Linde and Safadi, Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to greet all the participants of this conference in support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palesti...
2021-11-16
On 16 November 2021 a Ministerial Conference in support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) “Sustaining the Rights and Human Development of ...
2021-11-12
On 7 October 2021, in response to the démarche made against Russia within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) by a group of 45 States “concerned” about the 2020 incident in...
2021-11-10
On 10 November 2021 the Ghent University of Belgium hosted a presentation of a collection of academic articles by Russian and West European political scientists “Principled Pragmatism in Practice: the...
2021-11-10
Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, head of the Russian delegation, had a meeting with the European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on the sidelines of the COP 26 UN Climate Ch...
2021-11-10
On 10 November 2021 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko received the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Terhi Hakala, who was in Moscow on a working visit. The parties exchanged ...
2021-11-09
On 9 November 2021 Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Igor Morgulov received Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific of the European External Action Service Gunnar Wiegand. During...
2021-11-08
On 8 November 2021 another round of Russia – EU consultations on issues related to the OSCE and the Council of Europe took place in Brussels. The parties exchanged views on a wide range of points o...
2021-11-04
Russia – European Union – Balkans Brussels has lately been frequently evoking an event that took place in Thessaloniki 18 years ago, in June 2003. I am referring to the summit meeting between leade...
2021-11-03
On 3 November 2021 consultations were held at the Russian Foreign Ministry between Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential Special Envoy for the Middle East and Africa, and ...
2021-11-03
Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov held a working meeting with Head of European Union Delegation to Russia Markus Ederer. The focus was on the 26th Conference of the Parties to...
2021-11-01
Question: Not so long ago, you said that Russia would not use ideology-based rules in its international diplomatic practices. What examples can you give to explain this to a layman in matters of polit...