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December, 2016

Vladimir Putin met with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar and President of the Federation of Jewish Communities Alexander Boroda

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28 December 2016

Key foreign policy outcomes for 2016

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27 December 2016

World Mourning Victims of Russian Tu-154 Plane Crash in Black Sea

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25 December 2016

Vladimir Putin’s annual news conference

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23 December 2016

Putin Pays Last Respects to Ambassador Murdered in Turkey

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22 December 2016

OSCE Permanent Council adopts declaration condemning the deadly terrorist attack against the Russian Ambassador to Turkey

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22 December 2016

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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20 December 2016

Comment by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in Ankara, Moscow, December 19, 2016

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20 December 2016

Russian Foreign Ministry 'Outraged' Over Attack on Kiev Office of RIA Novosti

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19 December 2016

Russian Ambassador to Turkey Dies After Gun Attack in Ankara

Our most heartfelt condolences to the family of H.E. Andrey KARLOV...

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19 December 2016

Moscow event salutes the role of journalists

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19 December 2016

UN condemns assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey

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19 December 2016

UNESCO Vows to Closely Follow EU Resolution Countering Russian Media

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7 December 2016

November, 2016

Turkish Delegates Glad to Visit Crimea Amid Thaw in Moscow-Ankara Relations

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24 November 2016

Sputnik Urges to Prevent EU Restrictions Against Russian Media

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24 November 2016

Comment by the Information and Press Department on the resolution on preventing the glorification of Nazism adopted by the Third Committee of the 71st UN General Assembly session

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23 November 2016

Award ceremony of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

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10 November 2016

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings to organisers, participants and guests of the 20th World Russian People’s Council

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2 November 2016

State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin’s speech at the opening ceremony of the 20th World Russian People's Council (WRPC), Moscow, November 1, 2016

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2 November 2016

Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with Chairman of Independent Public Anti-Doping Commission Vitaly Smirnov

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2 November 2016

October, 2016

Press release on the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s ruling at its 40th session to leave Old Jerusalem among endangered heritage sites

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30 October 2016

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s speech and answers to questions at the meeting with representatives of the Association of European Businesses (AEB), Moscow, October 25, 2016

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26 October 2016

Vladimir Putin is taking part in the plenary session of the interregional forum Action Forum. Crimea, organised by the Russian Popular Front (ONF)

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26 October 2016

20th edition of UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize to be awarded to the Tolerance Center (Russian Federation)

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20 October 2016

Vladimir Putin took part in the eighth BRICS summit

Goa Declaration

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17 October 2016

Four specialists and two institutions receive the UNESCO Medal for Contributions to the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies

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12 October 2016

Comment by the Information and Press Department on the upcoming entry into force of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

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7 October 2016

UNESCO addresses 20th Festival of Russian Journalists

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7 October 2016

Speech of HE Gennady GATILOV, Head of the Russian Delegation at the 200th session of the UNESCO Executif Board (audio)

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7 October 2016

Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation (October 2016)

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6 October 2016

September, 2016

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, New York, September 23, 2016

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24 September 2016

August, 2016

Comment by Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department Alexander Bikantov on the annual International Religious Freedom Report by the US Department of State

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13 August 2016

STATEMENT BY THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OF RUSSIA

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12 August 2016

Instructions following visit to park on site of dismantled Kremlin Building 14

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2 August 2016

July, 2016

President Vladimir Putin's meeting with Russia’s Olympic team

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27 July 2016

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society’s website, Moscow, July 25, 2016

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25 July 2016

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova's answer to media question about the murder of Pavel Sheremet

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24 July 2016

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova's answer to media question about "doping" scandal

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24 July 2016

Director-General condemns murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet in Ukraine

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24 July 2016

Comment by the Information and Press Department on Pavel Sheremet’s murder in Ukraine

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20 July 2016

Statement of Russia's President Vladimir Putin in response to the report by the World Anti-Doping Agency

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19 July 2016

Putin on doping scandal: Politics should not interfere with sport

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18 July 2016

Condolences to President of France Francois Hollande

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15 July 2016

Migration an opportunity, not a threat to sustainable development

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11 July 2016

June, 2016

The Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of International Law

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27 June 2016

Statement on the 75th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War, made by the Permanent Representatives to the OSCE of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

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27 June 2016

UNESCO and the Tolerance Centre of Moscow will organize a conference on "Migration for Sustainable Development: Social Transformations, Media Narratives and Education" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 6 July 2016

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27 June 2016

On 7–10 June 2016 Khanty-Mansiysk successfully hosted the International conference Media and Information Literacy for Building under the aegis of UNESCO

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About the Conference on the UNESCO's website

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20 June 2016

The Russian Committee of the UNESCO Information for All Programme published "Multilingualism in Cyberspace. Proceedings of the Ugra Global Expert Meeting (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, 4–9 July, 2015)"

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20 June 2016

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions during Government Hour at the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow, June 15, 2016

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18 June 2016

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova: Ukraine’s sanctions against Russian media

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4 June 2016

Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s signing of the Declaration on Jurisdictional Immunities of State Owned Cultural Property

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4 June 2016

Press release on the Orthodox Easter reception held at the Foreign Ministry

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's speech

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4 June 2016

Comment by the Information and Press Department on the latest report of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine

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4 June 2016

May, 2016

The 4th International Large Format Painting Competition to be held in Fourges on 17 - 19 June 2016 under the patronage of UNESCO

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31 May 2016

President Putin's visit to Mount Athos

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31 May 2016

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Russian Literature and Language Society’s Congress

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31 May 2016

Vladimir Putin sent greetings to Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group meeting participants

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31 May 2016

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a reception devoted to Africa Day, Moscow, May 30, 2016

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31 May 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to African heads of state and government on Africa Day

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25 May 2016

Remarks by Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation to UNESCO Eleonora MITROFANOVA at the Friends of #Unite4Heritage meeting (24 May 2016)

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24 May 2016

UNESCO holds consultations ahead of the International Expert Meeting in Berlin on Cultural Heritage in Syria

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12 May 2016

Ambassadors to UNESCO visit Palmyra (PHOTOS)

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11 May 2016

OSCE Representative expresses concern about journalists’ safety in Ukraine

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11 May 2016

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Ms Alexandra Ochirova spoke at the annual meeting at UNESCO

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10 May 2016

Immortal Regiment: Relatives March in Moscow to Commemorate WWII Heroes (video)

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9 May 2016

The mission of Ambassadors to UNESCO to Palmyra

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7 May 2016

The upcoming 16th International Likhachov Scientific Readings

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6 May 2016

UNESCO delegation’s visit to Palmyra

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6 May 2016

Foreign Ministry celebrates the 71st anniversary of Victory in 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War

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6 May 2016

Immortal Regiment campaign abroad

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6 May 2016

Healing music: Palmyra to see Russian orchestra conducted by Goodwill Ambassador to UNESCO Valery Gergiev

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5 May 2016

Praying for Palmyra: Russian maestro leads orchestra in ruins of ancient city (video)

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5 May 2016

President Vladimir Putin: videoconference with Palmyra, Syria

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5 May 2016

Comment by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for the media on World Press Freedom Day, celebrated May 3

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3 May 2016

The International Academic and Research Forum “Systematic approach to preservation of wooden architecture monuments” to be held in the Kizhi State Open Air Museum of History, Architecture and Ethnography in September 2016

Web site of the Kizhi State Museum

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2 May 2016

April, 2016

UNESCO experts take preliminary stock of destruction in World Heritage site of Palmyra

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27 April 2016

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s address to the General Meeting of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, Moscow, April 25, 2016

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26 April 2016

UNESCO rapid assessment mission to Palmyra

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26 April 2016

UNESCO Team Arrives in Syria's Historic City of Palmyra to View Destruction

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25 April 2016

Three russian museums participate in the “Yemeni Heritage Week – Museums United for Yemen” launched within the UNESCO-led #Unite4heritage campaign

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24 April 2016

Africa Appreciates Russia's Help in Fight Against Ebola

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22 April 2016

Report to the President of Russia: "we have fully completed mine clearing work in the historical part of Palmyra"

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22 April 2016

Russian military removes all mines & bombs in historic Palmyra

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22 April 2016

Press release on Russia signing the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

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22 April 2016

UNESCO's expert Susan Scheegans took part in the XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development in Moscow

Website of the XVII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development

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22 April 2016

French couple decorates Russian hero of Syria with family’s WWII medals

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20 April 2016

A Russian photographer has been honored with the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the migrant crisis

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19 April 2016

Joint Communiqué of the 14th Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China

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18 April 2016

Press release on Russia’s support of the United Nations Development Programme in efforts against climate change in developing countries

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14 April 2016

Commentary by the Information and Press Department on UNESCO’s decision on Palmyra

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13 April 2016

UNESCO Executive Board Approves Russian Proposal on Palmyra Restoration

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13 April 2016

Lavrov: Gagarin's Space Flight Marked New Era in Civilization History

Minister Sergey Lavrov'answer (from MFA's official website)

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12 April 2016

Russians continue to clear ISIS mines in Palmyra, as locals return (PHOTOS)

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10 April 2016

Speech of HE Gennady GATILOV, Head of the Russian Delegation at the 199th session of the UNESCO Executif Board

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7 April 2016

Russian experts & robots defuse over 1,500 mines in liberated Palmyra (VIDEO)

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7 April 2016

Russian Bomb Squad Clears 158 Mines in Syria's Palmyra in Past 24 Hours

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5 April 2016

Press release on the opening of the 199th session of the UNESCO Executive Board

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4 April 2016

Russian Combat Engineers Start Demining Syria's Palmyra

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4 April 2016

Russian sappers arrive to demine Palmyra (video)

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2 April 2016

March, 2016

First Russian Expert Group Arrives in Syria for Clearing Palmyra of Mines

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31 March 2016

Second Group of Russian Bomb Disposal Technicians Leaves for Palmyra

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30 March 2016

Syria's Assad Calls on UN Agencies to Help Restore Palmyra

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30 March 2016

‘Pearl of the desert’: RT visits liberated ancient ruins of Palmyra (DRONE FOOTAGE)

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30 March 2016

Russia to send robots, engineers to Syria to help demine Palmyra

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28 March 2016

Commentary by the Information and Press Department of the MFA of Russia on the liberation of Palmyra, Syria, from ISIS terrorists

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28 March 2016

World Heritage: Russian President Vladimir Putin and UNESCO head Irina Bokova expressed hope that efforts by the international community would help restore the Syrian historic city of Palmyra

Unesco Director-General and President Vladimir Putin discuss the protection of Palmyra's cultural heritage (from UNESCO's official website)

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27 March 2016

World Heritage: Russian President Vladimir Putin Congratulates Assad on Palmyra Liberation

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27 March 2016

Russian biologist Anna Yachmennikova became one of the winners of the 2016 Young Scientists Awards from UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme

Web-site of A.Yachmenikova's Institute of Ecology and Evolution

UNESCO MAB Young Scientists Awards

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24 March 2016

Russian oceanologist Irina Didenkulova is recognized as one of 2016 International Rising Talents from L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science programme

For Women in Science Programme (UNESCO's official website)

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PHOTOS from presentation

Presentation of Irina Didenkulova (video)

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24 March 2016

International Women’s Day in Russia: the country’s top female diplomats reveal some interesting secrets of their profession

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8 March 2016

Sergey Lavrov’s article "Russia’s Foreign Policy: Historical Background" for "Russia in Global Affairs" magazine, March 3, 2016

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3 March 2016

February, 2016

The Sixth International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS VI) will be hosted by the Russian Federation in June 2017

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24 February 2016

Russian Ebola vaccine presented to WHO

Joint statement on the Ebola virus epidemic by UNESCO's committees on bioethics

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15 February 2016

The first meeting between a leader of the Roman Catholic Church and a head of the Russian Orthodox Church: for the interreligious dialogue, the social justice and an authentic solidarity towards all those who suffer

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12 February 2016

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova is a candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General

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11 February 2016

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s greetings on Diplomats' Day

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets

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10 February 2016

Presentation of the 2015 Presidential Prize for Young Scientists

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10 February 2016

President Vladimir Putin congratulated current and former Foreign Ministry employees on their professional holiday, Diplomats’ Day

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10 February 2016

8 eminent scientists from Russia and others countries received the UNESCO Medals for contributions to the development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies

Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of award ceremony

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6 February 2016

January, 2016

Sergey Lavrov’s remarks on Russia’s diplomacy performance in 2015

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27 January 2016

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education.

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22 January 2016