OSCE Chairman in Office–Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek is scheduled to visit Armenia on September 15-16. His visit scheduled for April 12 was canceled due to the crisis in the Balkans. Papian said that the visit will include discussions on regional security. An OSCE office is likely...
MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Russia supports a settlement plan for Venezuela, proposed by Uruguay and Mexico, but does not accept proposals by the European Union and condemns U.S. threats to invade the Latin American country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. "We will uphold...
MOSCOW, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Civil and military cooperation between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has stopped, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Monday. Russia maintains contacts with individual NATO countries, but not with the entire alliance, Grush...
“The Minister of Defense’s P-344 boat is of the same VIP-class. This ‘Raptor’ is not a combatant at all, but also a luxury yacht. Two air-cushion boats of the premium-class ‘Pardus’ type, which also don’t have any kind of military significance, reside at the mooring barge o...
50 Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence,” June 8, 2020, <https://archive.mid.ru/en/web/guest/foreign_policy/international_safety/disarmament/-/asset_publisher/rp0fiUBmANaH/content/id/4152094>. 51 See the chrono...
MOSCOW, September 4. /TASS/. Interest shown by the West in G20 reflects the Western countries’ recognition of the realities of a polycentric world and the fact that they have to accept the new reality, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with MIC Izvestia private mul...
In early December 2022, a government directive was published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers on the appointment of Mikhail Volkov as the new general director of the Russian Post. The document was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko, who oversees the work of the Russia...
According to a readout of the phone talk that appeared on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website, in the telephone conversation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed happiness with the upcoming visit of President Raeisi to Russia and stated that all necessary arrangements have been made...
Photo courtesy ofRussian Industry and Trade Ministry website Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov has given an interview to Interfax special correspondent Yekaterina Maltseva in which he speaks about the impact of the coronavirus on the Russian defense industry and the global arms market,...
Curiously enough, that firm was entrusted by defense minister Anatoly Serdiukov in his notorious resolution to equip Russian Navy warships with metal furniture. Viktor Chirkov: Building the Navy with Associates'. The last day of Medvedev's presidency also became the last day in office for navy...