Statements and comments on the cooperation of the Russian Federation in the Council of Europe
Comment of the Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe on the situation with Soviet war monuments in Poland seeing the demolition of a mausoleum on the place of the mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Trzcianka (Poland) which constitutes another act of vandalism of the Polish authorities
Poland is one of the countries that suffered most from the Nazis. The Soviet Union paid 600 thousand lives for its liberation but Soviet war monuments in Poland are constantly vandalized. In...
Comment of the Permanent Representation of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe on the anniversary of the beginning of World War II
Almost 80 years ago Europe saw the beginning of the war which would be named as World War II. It would become the bloodiest war in humankind’s history. Historians list numerous causes for this...
Comment on the events in some member-states of the Council of Europe on the occasion of so–called European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism on August 23 and the conference «The Heritage in 21st Century Europe of the Crimes Committed by Communist Regimes» in Tallinn
Some member-states of the Council of Europe has declared the day when the Treaty of Non-aggression between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Germany was signed as the European Day of...
Interview of Ambassador Ivan Soltanovsky to news agencies "Russia Today" and "Sputnik"
In July and August the Russian Federation has joined two conventions of the Council of Europe. One is on countering terrorism financing and another one is on security at sports events. Russia...
Appeal of the State Duma concerning an insult to the memory of the soldiers who fell when liberating Europe from Nazism
Unofficial translation Appeal of the State Duma to the parliaments of the countries of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the...
Excerpt from the interview by Mr. Alexey Pushkov, the Chairman of the Interim Commission of the Council of the Federation on Information Policy and Media Relations to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta“ published on July 7, 2017
You can read the whole text of the article by Ariadna Rokossovskaya “Calculations in Hamburg” in the web-page of “ Rossiyskaya Gazeta“ Mr. Alexey Pushkov, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, the...
Response of the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cooperation on Information Security Andrey Krutskikh to TASS' Question Concerning the State of International Dialogue in This Sphere
Question: In the context of the recent developments caused by the deterioration of the international information security (IIS) situation, including the recent large-scale hacker attacks,...
Address by Mr. Alexey Meshkov, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation at the ceremony of installation of a big cross on the main dome of orthodox Cathedral of all the Saints in Strasbourg, July 2, 2017
Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends! I am happy to greet you on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation at the installation of a large cross on the main dome of...
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev’s speech at the memorial ceremony for former Federal Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl, Strasbourg, July 1, 2017
Esteemed Mrs Kohl-Richter, Esteemed family members of Helmut Kohl, Ladies and gentlemen, We are here today to bid farewell to Helmut Kohl, the man who was rightly called the creator of...
Address of Mr.Ivan Soltanovsky, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe at the opening of the exhibition of Soviet sports posters "O, sport, You - the Peace", June 13, 2017
Dear Secretary General, dear permanent representatives to the Council of Europe, dear colleagues, It’s not by chance that we are exhibiting the posters of Soviet artists dedicated to sport in...