Permanent Delegation of the Russian Federation to UNESCO

February, 2021

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

12 February 2021

January, 2021

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions at a news conference on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2020, Moscow, January 18, 2021

18 January 2021

May, 2020

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

See the full version of interview

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

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

23 September 2019

April, 2019

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at a gala meeting of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, Moscow, April 29, 2019

30 April 2019

March, 2018

Putin wins over 92% of vote in first Russian presidential election in Crimea

19 March 2018

Vladimir Putin visited Sevastopol

15 March 2018

January, 2018

Vladimir Putin met with heads of Russian print media and news agencies

12 January 2018

April, 2017

Head of the Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs Igor Barinov’s opening remarks at the 16th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

28 April 2017

March, 2017

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

30 March 2017

Referendum on Status of Crimea Anniversary

16 March 2017

Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov’s remarks at a high-level panel of the 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, February 28, 2017

1 March 2017

January, 2017

Diplomat vows Moscow will do its best to make Ukraine resume airing Russian TV channels

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12 January 2017

November, 2016

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

24 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

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

26 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

STATEMENT BY THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OF RUSSIA

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12 August 2016

April, 2016

Russian sappers arrive to demine Palmyra (video)

2 April 2016

October, 2015

Analytical note on the reliability of information on the situation in Crimea, presented by the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to UNESCO to the countries-members of the 197th session of the UNESCO Executive Board

The document is distributed to delegations of the 195 member countries of UNESCO

(Cultural heritage, freedom of expression, interfaith relations, the right to education, activities of sport and scientific institutions, criminal cases)

Analytical note in Russian (original)

23 October 2015

August, 2015

The third denkmal Moscow 2015 - International Trade Fair for Heritage Preservation, Restoration and Museum Technology takes place from October 14th to 16th 2015 at the historic exhibition site VDNKh

12 August 2015

July, 2015

The 3rd International Youth Forum "Greater Europe Meetings" under the patronage of UNESCO

Photo album, adresses and media

Full audiotrack (original in French and English)

27 July 2015

April, 2015

Statement of the Russian representative in explanation of vote on the Draft Decision of the 196th session of UNESCO Executive Board on Crimea

16 April 2015

The Safety of Journalists: the statement of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, D. Mijatovic on the killing in Ukraine of prominent journalist, writer and broadcaster Oles A. BUZINA

TASS: World - Famous Ukrainian journalist shot and killed in Kiev

Wes-site by O.Buzina (in Russian)

16 April 2015

Information on the situation in the Republic of Crimea (the Russian Federation) within the scope of UNESCO competence. As of April 8, 2015

Provided by the relevant Russian ministries and agencies for the 196th session of UNESCO Executive Board (8-23 April 2015)

Version in Russian

14 April 2015

March, 2015

CRIMEA. THE WAY HOME (2015). - EN Subtitles - Full Documentary (2'26"). Watch on-line in Russian, English, French and German

15 March 2015

December, 2014

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

26 December 2014

Russian Ambassador to Canada Alexander Darchiev interview to CBC TV

"Crimea is Russia once and forever"

23 December 2014

November, 2014

Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Biarritz Mr Alexandre de La Cerda: "Le Mystère de Noël au Puy du Fou, en attendant la Crimée..."

28 November 2014

JOINT STATEMENT by 4 Crimean museums regarding the Exhibition “CRIMEA. THE GOLDEN ISLAND IN THE BLACK SEA”

Statement in .PDF

Kerch Historical and Cultural Reserve (collection of signatures)

Central Museum of Tauris

Bakhchisaray Historical and Cultural Reserve

National Reserve "Tauric Chersonese "

19 November 2014

Information on the Study of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar Languages in the Territory of the Republic of Crimea

17 November 2014

Reflexions on the Crimea by the Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Biarritz Mr Alexandre de La Cerda

14-20 November 2014

14 November 2014

Legal arguments for Russia's position on Crimea and Ukraine

7 November 2014

October, 2014

A prominent German jurist has sharply criticized the German government's anti-Russian declarations concerning the Crimea Crisis.

24 October 2014

Russian delegation presents report on situation in Crimea at UNESCO session

Information on the Situation in the Republic of Crimea (Russian Federation) in the Fields of UNESCO Competence

Информация о ситуации в Республике Крым (Российская Федерация) в сферах компетенции ЮНЕСКО

22 October 2014

Information on the Situation in the Republic of Crimea (Russian Federation) in the Fields of UNESCO Competence, Received from Russian Competent Authorities

(As of 10 October 2014)

Информация о ситуации в Республике Крым (Российская Федерация) в сферах компетенции ЮНЕСКО.

17 October 2014

June, 2014

Russian gov't allocates more than $87 mln for education in Crimea

(RIA-Novosti)

22 June 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

9 April 2014

March, 2014

VLADIMIR PUTIN ADDRESSED STATE DUMA DEPUTIES, FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBERS, HEADS OF RUSSIAN REGIONS AND CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES IN THE KREMLIN

on the referendum in Crimea on 16 March

19 March 2014

Agreement on the accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation

19 March 2014

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