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June, 2021

Article by Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, “The Law, the Rights and the Rules”

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29 June 2021

February, 2021

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the Solovyov Live YouTube channel, February 12, 2021

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12 February 2021

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, February 11, 2021: statements made by representatives of the US and human rights organisations on violation of freedom of speech and assembly in Russia

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11 February 2021

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, February 11, 2021: double standards in Western approaches to media freedom

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11 February 2021

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, February 11, 2021: social media censorship in France

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11 February 2021

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, February 11, 2021: Latvian ban on retransmission of 16 television channels

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11 February 2021

December, 2020

Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on criminal charges against Russian-speaking journalists in Latvia

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3 December 2020

November, 2020

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, November 13, 2020: Lithuanian authorities’ decision to suspend RTR Planeta broadcasting

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13 November 2020

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, November 13, 2020: documentary content removal by YouTube

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13 November 2020

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, November 13, 2020: Professor Valery Gromov was forced to resign from the Dnepr University of Technology

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13 November 2020

July, 2020

Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the blocking of Tsargrad TV Channel on Google services

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28 July 2020

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova: the blocking of RT Group channels in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

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9 July 2020

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova: the Venice Commission on education in Latvia

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9 July 2020

Remarks by Head of the Russian delegation and Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation to UNESCO Alexander Kuznetsov at the 209th session of the UNESCO Executive Board, Paris, July 3, 2020

photo © UNESCO/Christelle ALIX - © UNESCO/Cyril BAILLEUL

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7 July 2020

May, 2020

Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Moscow, May 21, 2020: Latvia's violations of ethnic minorities' language and education rights

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21 May 2020

Kiev’s Sanctions Against Crimean Cultural Sites Pointless - Russian Envoy to UNESCO

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20 May 2020

January, 2020

Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a news conference on Russia’s diplomatic performance in 2019 Moscow, January 17, 2020

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17 January 2020

September, 2019

“World at a Crossroads and a System of International Relations for the Future” by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for “Russia in Global Affairs” magazine, September 20, 2019

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23 September 2019

January, 2019

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a news conference on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2018 Moscow, January 16, 2019

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16 January 2019

July, 2018

Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich on discrimination against national minorities in the sphere of education in Latvia made at a meeting of the OSCE PC

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9 July 2018

February, 2018

Comment by the Information and Press Department on the opening of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 37th session

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26 February 2018

January, 2018

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding the Moldovan law amending the Code of Television and Radio Broadcasting

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11 January 2018

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova’s reply to a media question on the proclamation of the WWII participant law by President of Latvia Raimonds Vejonis

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10 January 2018

Statement by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on the deportation of Russian journalists from Latvia

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5 January 2018

December, 2017

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Interfax news agency, December 28, 2017

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29 December 2017

October, 2017

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova’s reply to a media question on exemptions for Hungarian and other EU languages in Ukraine’s Law on Education

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20 October 2017

March, 2017

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the National Interest Magazine, published on March 29, 2017

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30 March 2017

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Mezhdunarodnaya Zhizn magazine published on March 15, 2017

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15 March 2017

February, 2017

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Irada Zeynalova’s Itogi Nedeli programme for the NTV network, Moscow, February 12, 2017

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12 February 2017

January, 2017

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during the Government Hour at the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow, January 25, 2017

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25 January 2017

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

October, 2015

Press briefing by the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Sergey Lavrov on the results of the Russian presidency in the UN Security Council (1 Oct 2015)

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2 October 2015

January, 2015

Reply by Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich on Latvia’s decision to ban a Paris exhibition about child prisoners of Salaspils concentration camp

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27 January 2015

Comment by the Ministry on the attack on a Ukrainian Orthodox church located on the territory of the Babi Yar national historical memorial.

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27 January 2015

Annual press conference of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the results of Russian foreign policy in 2014

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22 January 2015

Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry on the terrorist attack in Paris

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8 January 2015

December, 2014

Russia’s Envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov: European sanctions against Crimea paradoxical

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26 December 2014

Russian Ambassador to Canada Alexander Darchiev interview to CBC TV

"Crimea is Russia once and forever"

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23 December 2014

Russian Foreign Minister S.Lavrov's Big Interview: Russia-NATO Relations, Arms Race and Ukraine

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10 December 2014

Russian Ambassador to France Alexander Orlov: "If the ships do not come, if we are reimbursed, we will be happy too"

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5 December 2014

November, 2014

Presentation of a new international information resources "SPUTNIK INTERNATIONAL" held in Moscow (in Russian)

Web-site "http://sputniknews.com/"

Twitter-account "#sputnikint"

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14 November 2014

October, 2014

Брифинг А.Лукашевича 9 октября 2014 г.

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14 October 2014

July, 2014

Statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the investigation of the Malaysian plane crash in the Ukrainian air space

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21 July 2014

June, 2014

Comment by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the death of a Russian journalist in Ukraine

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30 June 2014

May, 2014

Statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the tragic events in Odessa

2 May 2014

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2 May 2014

Statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the forceful operation in the South-East of Ukraine

2 May 2014

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2 May 2014

Statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the plans of Kiev to conduct a forceful operation in the South-East of Ukraine

1 May 2014

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1 May 2014

April, 2014

Comment by the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the results of the discussion of the decision on Crimea by UNESCO’s Executive Board

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9 April 2014