Interfax: Russia Criticizes Statements on Eastern Threats to NATO
MOSCOW. Nov 15 (Interfax) – The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed surprise about the statements made by some Polish and Baltic countries leaders saying that the NATO training Steadfast Jazz 2013...
View ArticleForeign Ministry: Russia does not want war with Ukraine
MOSCOW. March 3 (Interfax) – Russia does not want a war with Ukraine and is prepared to support all forces in that country that advocate stronger relations between Moscow and Kyiv, Russian State...
View ArticleRussian Foreign Ministry plans to complete White Paper on Ukraine soon
(Interfax – March 25, 2014) The work on White Paper on events in Ukraine will be completed very soon, Russian Foreign Ministry Human Rights Ombudsman Konstantin Dolgov said. “Such a White Paper will...
View ArticleInterfax: Russia adherent to joint work with U.S. in settling Syrian crisis –...
MOSCOW. March 27 (Interfax) – Russia is ready to continue working together with the United States on the settlement of the Syrian crisis, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bodanov said. “We are...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Ukraine’s Loss of Territorial Integrity Resulted From Internal...
MOSCOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s loss of territorial integrity was a result of internal processes, not interference from Russia, which never violated its obligations under a 1994 agreement on...
View ArticleInterfax: Ukraine leaders’ plans to recruit foreign mercenaries evidence of...
MOSCOW. March 31 (Interfax) – Media reports claiming that the Ukrainian leadership wants to recruit personnel from private foreign military companies “in order to maintain law and order” may suggest...
View ArticleInterfax: Russia hopes for “transparent” election in Ukraine – deputy foreign...
(Interfax, Moscow, March 31, 2014) Moscow hopes that the presidential election in Ukraine will be open and transparent, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin has said. “Naturally, we have...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Russia’s Economic Ties with Ukraine Depend on Non-Aligned Status...
MOSCOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) – The development of closer ties, including economic cooperation, between Moscow and Kiev will depend on Ukraine’s commitment to maintaining a non-aligned status, the...
View ArticleAlexander Yakovenko: Why Ukraine needs a new constitution fair to all
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexander Yakovenko, special to RBTH – April 2, 2014) The Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alexander Yakovenko explains Russia’s official position on...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Turmoil in Ukraine Caused by Constitutional Crisis – Russian...
MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry urged the Ukrainian government Wednesday to adopt a more balanced constitution to protect minority populations, blaming the ongoing political...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Moscow Says NATO’s Freeze of Cooperation Reminiscent of Cold War
MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti) – NATO’s decision to suspend cooperation with Russia resembles Cold War-style sword swinging, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. The 28-nation NATO bloc...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Moscow May Respond to Washington’s Actions – Russian Foreign...
MOSCOW, April 3 (RIA Novosti) – The actions by the United States to curb ties with Russia may force a number of responses by Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday. “We...
View ArticleRussia Warns Ukraine Against Missile-Technology Sale
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – April 8, 2014) The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned Ukraine against a reportedly planned sale of technology for long-range missiles, saying the...
View ArticleInterfax: Daily activities by Russian troops on their national territory pose...
MOSCOW. April 9 (Interfax) – Russia is not conducting any unusual or unplanned military activities on its territory in the area of the Ukrainian border, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “The U.S. and...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: NATO Double Standard Undermines Ukraine’s Stability – Russian...
MOSCOW, April 10 (RIA Novosti) – Recent statements by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on the situation in Ukraine as well as the alliance’s double standard on Crimea have hindered a...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Moscow May Recognize Ukraine Election – Russian Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia may recognize the results of upcoming elections in Ukraine on certain conditions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday in an online...
View ArticleInterfax: Disarming east Ukrainian militia not priority, tackle causes of...
MOSCOW. June 5 (Interfax) – Disarming militia fighters in east Ukraine is not the first priority, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “What they should be doing now is not treating...
View ArticleInterfax: Reports of dead bodies sent back to Russia “Ukrainian propaganda”–...
(Interfax – Moscow, July 10, 2014) Reports that bodies of Russian citizens killed in the fighting with Ukrainian forces in Ukraine are being sent to Russia are the working of Kiev’s propaganda, Russian...
View ArticleInterfax: No sign of U.S. wanting to signal to Kyiv in favor of negotiated...
MOSCOW. July 18 (Interfax) – Moscow does not see any sign of the U.S. authorities wanting to facilitate a negotiated solution of the Ukrainian crisis, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “We...
View ArticleAid convoy to move in direction of Lugansk at Moscow’s decision, says Russian...
(Interfax – August 22, 2014) Russia’s Ukraine-bound humanitarian aid convoy is starting to move in the direction of the city of Lugansk, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its...
View ArticleInterfax: Moscow calls provocative, shocking Ukrainian defense minister’s...
(Interfax – September 2, 2014) The Russian Foreign Ministry has dubbed provocative the recent statement by Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey who announced “the end of the operation aimed to...
View ArticleInterfax: There is no, has never been Russian military presence in...
MOSCOW. Nov 13 (Interfax) – The Russian Foreign Ministry has denied the information on Russian military presence in southeastern Ukraine and movements of Russian troops over the Russian-Ukrainian...
View ArticleInterfax: Point of no return in Russia-NATO relations has not been passed –...
(Interfax – December 1, 2014) Russia does not believe the point of no return has been passed in its relations with NATO and is ready to work with the alliance, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “The...
View ArticleInterfax: Russian diplomat likes U.S. warning to Ukrainian leadership
(Interfax – Moscow, May 13, 2015) The warning given by US Secretary of State John Kerry to official Kiev not to try to capture Donetsk airport by force attests to the fact that Washington’s efforts for...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Russia sets out what it wants from USA, NATO, EU in new foreign...
(RIA Novosti – June 8, 2015) Russia reserves the right to respond to any unfriendly steps towards it taken by the USA, says the document containing a review of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s...
View ArticleRussian Foreign Ministry calls for resumption of Russian-U.S. bilateral...
(Interfax – July 27, 2015) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov has called for the resumption of bilateral cooperation between Russia and the U.S. on counterterrorism, saying he intends to...
View ArticleInterfax: Moscow concerned by plans to modernize U.S. nuclear weapons in Germany
(Interfax – September 22, 2015) Moscow is troubled by plans to modernize U.S. nuclear weapons in Germany, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said. “Such plans on the part of the...
View ArticleInterfax: Foreign Ministry: Russian sub rumors are part of information campaign
(Interfax – October 27, 2015) Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has described a number of Western military officials’ latest remarks as elements of an information campaign being...
View ArticleInterfax: Cooperation with USA, Saudis against ISIS possible – top Russian...
(Interfax – Moscow, November 9, 2015) Russia, Saudi Arabia and the USA can cooperate to fight ISIS and other terrorists in the Middle East if there is mutual interest in this, says special envoy of the...
View ArticleInterfax: Revocation of accreditation from Russia’s honorary consuls in U.S....
MOSCOW. Jan 22 (Interfax) – Moscow is outraged by the revocation of accreditation from five of Russia’s honorary consuls in the United States, and sees it as a continuation of Washington’s line towards...
View ArticleMoscow grateful to U.S. for return of stolen archive documents, expect such...
MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax) – The Russian Foreign Ministry hails the return from the U.S. of the documents that disappeared from Russian archives, back in 1990s, and hopes that this experience in...
View ArticleInterfax: Russian air operation [in] Syria not aimed at backing al-Assad –...
MOSCOW. March 27 (Interfax) – The Russian military operation in Syria is not aimed at supporting the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Meeting of Russian Federation ambassadors and...
(Kremlin.ru – June 30, 2016) Vladimir Putin addressed the eighth meeting of Russian Federation ambassadors and permanent envoys at the Russian Foreign Ministry. President of Russia Vladimir Putin:...
View ArticleRussian Foreign Ministry has concerns about worsening of relations with U.S....
MOSCOW. Nov 17 (Interfax) – Moscow is of the view that Barack Obama’s outgoing administration will be seeking a worsening of relations with Russia until its last day in office. “There are also concerns...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Meeting with Sergei Lavrov, Sergei Naryshkin and...
(Kremlin.ru – December 19, 2016) Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin and Director of the Federal Security...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Trump not pro-Russian – Moscow spokeswoman
(RIA Novosti – January 20, 2017) Donald Trump, who is about to become the president of the United States, is not pro-Russian, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said, state news agency RIA...
View ArticleMoscow Times: Read Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s Poem to Russia’s Late UN...
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – February 21, 2017) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has published a poem dedicated to his country’s late permanent representative to the United Nations,...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “Deputy Foreign Minister...
“Question: Do you know when and where President of Russia Vladimir Putin will meet with US President Donald Trump? Sergey Ryabkov: We have reaffirmed our readiness for such a meeting several times. We...
View ArticleRussia ready to expel about 30 U.S. diplomats, freeze U.S. property – newspaper
MOSCOW. July 11 (Interfax) – Moscow plans to expel about 30 U.S. diplomats and freeze a number of U.S. properties in Russia, the newspaper Izvestia said on Tuesday citing a knowledgeable source with...
View ArticleInterfax: Moscow says Malorossiya idea far from “real politics”
(Interfax – July 19, 2017) The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Ukrainian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko’s plan to establish a new state in Ukraine – “Malorossiya” – has nothing to do...
View ArticleInterfax: Moscow accuses Kyiv of forced Ukrainization policy
MOSCOW. Oct 18 (Interfax) – The Russian Foreign Ministry has called on international human rights institutions to influence Kyiv over Ukraine’s discriminatory laws regarding the use of the state...
View ArticlePutin approves of initiative on Foreign Ministry commission monitoring...
MOSCOW. Oct 30 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported human rights defenders’ proposal on setting up a special commission in the Russian Foreign Ministry in order to monitor the...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Backed by Putin, Russian Military Pushes Into Foreign Policy”–...
“From Damascus to Doha … Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has been showing up in unexpected places, a sign of the military’s growing influence under … Putin. … at times wearing his desert military...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK TRANSCRIPT: “Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Comment by the...
“We are deeply disappointed with the new US Nuclear Posture Review ….”
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Vacancies from Russian diplomats’ expulsion from U.S. to be...
SAMARA. June 20 (Interfax) – Based on the statements coming from Washington, Moscow believes that the United States will not prevent it from filling the vacancies that resulted from the expulsion of...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russia rejects reports of Skripal suspects being GRU agents”–...
(Interfax – September 19, 2018) The Russian Interior Ministry has said it is impossible to establish whether a person works for the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence, based on the Federal Migration...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “U.S. has no clear understanding of need to positively respond to...
MOSCOW. Jan 14 (Interfax) – Washington does not fully realize the need to positively respond to North Korea’s steps in the direction of denuclearization and normalization of relations, a Russian...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. rolls ‘100K tons of international diplomacy’ into the...
".... 'Each of the carriers operating in the Mediterranean as this time represent 100,000 tons of international diplomacy,' Huntsman said .... 'Diplomatic communication and dialogue, coupled with the...
View ArticleAUDIO JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia Denies Allegations It Paid Militants To Kill...
“… The Russian Foreign Ministry said the initial … New York Times [story] demonstrated the ‘low intellectual abilities of U.S. intelligence propagandists.’ … Putin[] spokesman[] Dmitry Peskov[] called...
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