Greetings to participants, organizers and guests of the 8th Eastern Economic Forum

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants, organizers and guests of the 8th Eastern Economic Forum. The President's message reads: ”Friends, Allow me to extend the warmest...

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of victory in the Battle of Kursk

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of victory in the Battle of Kursk The President spoke at a gala event devoted to the 80 th ...

Foreign Ministry statement on the Ukrainian attacks on Moscow and Crimea

According to the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation, two Ukrainian unmanned combat aerial vehicles were used to attack facilities in Moscow early in the morning of July 24. All of them...

Foreign Ministry statement on the Istanbul agreements

Almost a year ago, on July 22, 2022, two interrelated agreements were signed in Istanbul, namely, the Black Sea Initiative on Ukrainian food and Russian ammonia exports and the Memorandum of...

Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation "Human Rights Situation in Certain Countries"

Belgium Although Belgium is a party to major international human rights treaties and the promotion of the relevant high standards is declared as one of its key domestic and foreign policy...

After the plenary session of the Future Technologies Forum, Vladimir Putin replied to questions from the media

Question: A question about the recent NATO summit. It is hard to understand whether they are promising NATO membership to Ukraine or not with their vague statements. But still, it sounds like some...

Address to citizens of Russia

I am addressing citizens of Russia, the personnel of the Armed Forces, law enforcement agencies and security services, and the soldiers and commanders who are now fighting in their combat...

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum

Other notable attendees included President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia...

Statement of the Russian MFA on the G7 summit

The summit of the so-called Group of Seven ended in Hiroshima, Japan. Its main result is a set of statements saturated with questionable passages of an anti-Russia and anti-China nature. Thus, the...

On the Day of Memory and Sorrow, the President laid a wreath to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

On the 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin laid a wreath to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall to pay tribute to the memory of those who...

Greetings to the leaders and citizens of foreign states on the 78th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the leaders of Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, South Ossetia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and to the people of Georgia...

Press release of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation

Since early 2022, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has recorded more than 5,000 hacker attacks on Russia's critical infrastructure. Major negative consequences of those...

Foreign Ministry Statement on Finland completing the process to join NATO

On April 4, 2023, it was officially declared that all the legal procedures related to Finland becoming a NATO member were completed. As we have warned on multiple occasions, the Russian...

The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 229, March 31, 2023 Full text: ...

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Channel One’s The Great Game political talk show, March 10, 2023

Question: I’ll start with a question concerning the latest news. In Tbilisi, the government has in fact met all the demands of the protesters without exception and without any concessions on the...

Vladimir Putin congratulated Russia’s women on International Women’s Day

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Dear women, From the bottom of my heart, I wish you all the best on International Women's Day. Many countries celebrate this holiday, but for Russia, it...

Press release on Ukraine crisis

Yesterday, on March 2, Ukrainian saboteurs committed an outrageous terrorist attack in two border villages in the Bryansk Region of Russia. We strongly condemn that act. The terrorists penetrated...

Press release on the Istanbul food and fertiliser agreements

There are mounting speculations on further developments as the expiration date of the second 120-day term of the Black Sea Initiative on exporting Ukrainian grain draws nearer. At Kiev and...