Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused European Union leaders of “destroying” relations with Moscow, the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday.  “There are no relations with the European Union as an organization. The entire infrastructure of these relations has been destroyed by the unilateral decisions of Brussels,” Lavrov was quoted as saying during a joint press conference with his

EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials deemed responsible for the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and a crackdown on his supporters, diplomats said.  The diplomats did not name the targeted individuals nor give details about them but the limited move looks set to disappoint those calling for a tough response against

Russia is likely to ignore the European rights court’s demand for the immediate release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, legal experts said as Moscow categorically rejected the calls. Navalny, 44, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for his release on Jan. 20, days after his arrest at a Moscow airport. The Strasbourg-based court said Wednesday it

Russia is ready to break off relations with the European Union, if there are sanctions on its part that create risks for sensitive areas of the economy. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov on the air of the YouTube channel Soloviev Live, its transcript was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Bring the violence under control so that to create space for reviving civil society. It was the aim of the visit of EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell to Moscow. At least, it looked in such a way based on his goals. However, Russian hospitality stunned him. Mr. Borrell probably didn’t know that hospitable in the Kremlin could be only a

Russia said Thursday it would respond in kind if the EU imposes sanctions on Moscow over the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and a crackdown on protests by his supporters. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell earlier this week said he would propose the bloc impose new sanctions on Russia, as he blasted the imprisonment of Navalny and the

Waning! Contains BS from another Kremlin paid lackey Hand-wringing over Alexey Navalny is but an excuse to target Russia, and the EU should not lecture anyone about human rights when it turns its back on Julian Assange and other cases closer to home, Irish MEP Clare Daly told RT. “We have this narrative of supposedly European values, whatever they are,

The purpose of the visit of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrel, to Moscow was to stage a “public flogging” of Russia, said Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova, RIA Novosti reports. In her opinion, the leadership of the European Union planned such a scenario for Borrell’s visit in advance, but it did not work.

The incumbent EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs believes that Russia does not want to seize the opportunity to have a more constructive dialogue with the EU EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell will make a report on his visit to Moscow at a meeting of the European Parliament and in front of the European Commission that will

The European Union’s top diplomat Sunday said Russia was rejecting constructive dialogue with the EU and that Europe must draw the consequences, including the possibility of new sanctions. In a blog post, Josep Borrell said the shock expulsion of three EU diplomats during his two-day visit to Moscow, showed that Russia “did not want to seize this opportunity to have

The European Union’s top diplomat has said he hopes the Russian-developed coronavirus vaccine will be approved for use in the European bloc soon, AFP reported Friday.   Earlier this week, a peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet showed the Sputnik V vaccine to be 91.6% effective against symptomatic Covid-19, boosting international confidence in Russia’s jab after months of skepticism. EU approval