The Russian Federation supports the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
This compromise document covers many dime...
Statement of the Russian Federation on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, Marrakesh, December 11, 2018
Embassy comment on the state of the investigation into the death of Nikolay Glushkov
Joint statement by Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia (plurinational state of), Burundi, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russian Federation, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zimbabwe at the Fourth review conference of the chemical weapons convention, the Hague, November 30, 2018
Embassy Press Officer’s reply to a media question concerning the UK position on chemical weapons attack in Aleppo, Syria
Embassy Press Officer’s reply to a media question concerning the accusations of “Russian involvement” in the cases of Scott Young and Alexander Perepilichny
Embassy Comment on the situation with Russian nationals Sergei and Yulia Skripal
Embassy Press Officer’s reply to a media question concerning recent publications in the British media concerning alleged increase of Russian intelligence activity
Embassy Press Officer’s reply to a media question concerning recent appeals of the British officials to impose new sanctions against Russia
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Embassy comment on the state of the investigation into the death of Nikolay Glushkov
Nine months have passed since former Deputy General Director of Aeroflot Nikolay Glushkov, a national of the Russian Federation, mysteriously died in...
Joint statement by Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia (plurinational state of), Burundi, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russian Federation, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Zimbabwe at the Fourth review conference of the chemical weapons convention, the Hague, November 30, 2018
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We, the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons a...
Embassy Press Officer’s reply to a media question concerning the UK position on chemical weapons attack in Aleppo, Syria
Question: How would you comment on the statement by the UK FCO spokesperson on chemical weapons use in Aleppo?
Answer: The statement reflects the wor...
Embassy Press Officer’s reply to a media question concerning the accusations of “Russian involvement” in the cases of Scott Young and Alexander Perepilichny
Question: The Sunday Times articles today speculate on the possibility that, despite earlier claims, Mr Scott Young and Mr Alexander Perepilichny were...
Embassy Comment on the situation with Russian nationals Sergei and Yulia Skripal
More than nine months have passed since the incident with the Russian citizens Sergei and Yulia Skripal. The British authorities have been in breach o...
Embassy Press Officer’s reply to a media question concerning recent publications in the British media concerning alleged increase of Russian intelligence activity
Question: How would you comment on British media reports claiming that British security services are currently witnessing intensive activity of Russia...
Embassy Press Officer’s reply to a media question concerning recent appeals of the British officials to impose new sanctions against Russia
Question: Recently British government officials have been actively urging to step up pressure on Russia by imposing new sanctions. How would you comme...
Ambassador's Articles
Letter from Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko to the Guardian’s editor
<p>In response to the Ambassador Beruchashvili’s letter, offering not so much a recollection of the August 2008 events in the Caucasus...
Eastern Economic Forum: the East is bright (by Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko)
When talking about Russia’s Far East, you invariably remember its stunning natural beauty, abundance in natural resources and vast territories....
SALISBURY: A CLASSIFIED CASE (by Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko)
<p>On 4 March 2018 two Russian citizens Sergei and Yulia Skripal were reportedly poisoned in Salisbury, Wiltshire with the toxic chemical named...
The international community needs a unified legal base to combat information crimes (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Amid the rapid advance in technologies we face a growing number of cyber-crimes: in 2016, these offences caused damage of $445 billion and by 2020, ac...
UNGA: Glorification of Nazism must stop (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
In December the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the traditional resolution on “Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other pr...
Afghan opium production jumps to record level (by Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko for RT)
According to the latest Afghanistan Opium Survey released by the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UN...
Why to fight with memorials (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
The campaign in Poland against World War II memorials to Soviet officers and soldiers, who had liberated the country from the Nazi occupation, is gain...
Syria: collective humanitarian efforts, not sanctions, are needed more than ever (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
<p>The situation in Syria is undergoing serious transformation. Due to the de-escalation process, it has now become possible to drastically redu...
NATO increased military presence in Europe: road to nowhere (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
As part of the implementation of the conclusions of the NATO Summit in Warsaw, four multinational battlegroups have been deployed in Poland, Estonia,...
What You Have to Know about Status of Crimea (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
The coup d’état in Kiev in February 2014 backed by the West tore up the constitutional space in Ukraine. The legitimate President of the...
Russia’s initiative on protecting SMM OSCE in South-East of Ukraine (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
<p>On 5<sup>th</sup> September, at the 9<sup>th</sup> BRICS Summit in Xiamen President of the Russian Federation Vladimi...
IX BRICS Summit – turning into a global organisation (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
The 9th BRICS summit in Xiamen, China, has emphasized the proximity of positions of the member states on the current global problems. It demonstrated...
On Russia's assistance to Central Asia (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Russia attaches great importance to the issue of sustainable development as it is underlined by the UN. Among our priorities in this area is the devel...
Eurasian Economic Union today (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Though hardly noticeable in the Western media, the Eurasian economic cooperation is booming, with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) becoming an incre...
SCO sets standards for countering extremism (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
In June 2017, the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) signed the SCO Convention on Countering Extremism, which will help strengthen...
The West’s counter-ISIS efforts cost Iraq and Syria dearly (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
<p style="text-align: justify;">According to the UN, mass media and NGOs, as a result of air and artillery strikes by the US-led count...
No alternative to a peace settlement on the Korean Peninsula (by Ambassador Yakovenko for RT)
Russia is deeply concerned over the situation on the Korean Peninsula, where confrontation is moving into its hottest phase than ever before. North Ko...
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