Russia bars entry to its national territory to 87 high-ranking citizens of CanadaThe Russian authorities have imposed personal sanctions on another 87 high-ranking Canadian citizens, blocking their entry into the country, according to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.19:37 22.09.2022
Russia extends retaliatory sanctions against U.S. citizensRussian authorities imposes sanctions against 25 more Americans banning them from entering the Russian Federation.16:17 05.09.2022
Russia bars entry to 39 politicians, businessmen, journalists from BritainRussia's foreign ministry announced sanctions against 39 British politicians, officials, business people and journalists, who are banned from entering the country.15:23 02.08.2022
Russian Foreign Ministry adds 39 Australians on retaliatory stop listThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has announced that 39 representatives of law enforcement agencies, the border service and companies-contractors of the defense sector of Australia were included in the national stop list.13:44 22.07.2022
North Korea recognizes independence of Donetsk People’s RepublicThe Democratic People's Republic of Korea has recognized the independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic.16:18 13.07.2022
Syria recognizes sovereignty of Lugansk and Donetsk People's RepublicsSyria has decided to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics.18:04 29.06.2022
Russia imposes sanctions against members of U.S. President’s familyRussia has once more extended its retaliatory restriction list adding 25 Americans to it, including members of the family of the U.S. President Joe Biden.12:24 28.06.2022
Russia lodges protest with EU over transit ban to Kaliningrad regionRussia has lodged a strong protest with the European Union against a rail blockade imposed on the transit through Lithuania’s territory of a large range of goods between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the territory of the Russian Federation.15:02 21.06.2022
Russia lodges protest against Lithuania’s restrictions of transit to Kaliningrad regionRussia has strongly protested against Lithuania's decision to impose a ban on rail transit through its territory of a large range of goods to the Kaliningrad region, and demands an intimidate lifting of these restrictions.15:15 20.06.2022
Russia extends retaliatory stop list by adding 121 AustraliansThe Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday the introduction of restrictive measures against 121 Australians, including heads of law enforcement agencies, business persons, experts and journalists.19:53 16.06.2022
Russia adds 49 high-ranking British people to restriction listRussia has put 49 UK citizens, including defense officials and mass media representatives, on its retaliatory stop list.09:30 15.06.2022
Over 60 high-ranking Americans put on Russia’s retaliatory stop listRussia has extended its restriction list adding 61 high-ranking U.S. citizens to it.11:18 07.06.2022
Expert of Russian Foreign Ministry gets 5 years in jail for $1 mln embezzlementThe Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday sentenced Natalya Agaltsova, an expert of the Currency and Finance Department of Russia’s Foreign Ministry to 5 years in penal colony for embezzling about $1 million.13:48 15.06.2021
Russian Human Rights Council member urges Foreign Ministry stand up for Ukrainian activistThe case of Ukrainian activist, pedagogue Tatyana Kuzmich, charged with treason, is a next step in elimination of everything Russian in Ukraine, according to member of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Alexander Brod.12:28 25.08.2020
Human Rights Council urges Foreign Ministry negotiate release of journalists arrested in MinskRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has urged the Foreign Ministry to voice its official protest against arrests of Russian journalists in Belarus and immediately start negotiations on their release.17:37 10.08.2020
Foreign Ministry informs rights advocates of Russian inmates jailed abroadThe Foreign Ministry on Thursday submitted information on the number of Russian convicts serving sentences in foreign prisons to the Presidential Council for Human Rights.16:53 09.04.2020
Rights advocate turns to Foreign Minister urging help for Russian convicts abroadChair of the Coordination Council, a member of the Presidential Human Rights Council Alexander Brod has turned to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov seeking information on the measures the body undertakes to ensure health and safety of Russian citizens serving jail terms in foreign countries.18:08 08.04.2020
Ombudsman Kuznetsova ascertains alleged fact of Russian child kidnapping in ItalyChildren’s rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova is establishing the circumstances of alleged kidnapping of a 5-year-old Russian by social services in Italy.17:02 05.09.2019
Moskalkova requests to check up on observance of human rights of 69 Russians in UkraineTatiana Moskalkova, Russia’s Rights Commissioner, has requested the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova to check up on the information that human rights of 69 Russian citizens detained in Ukraine are being violated.16:44 25.02.2019
House arrest of ex-Foreign Ministry official charged with fraud overturnedThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday overturned a ruling extending house arrest for ex-deputy chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Corps Directorate Nazym Yusipov charged with fraud.17:42 16.01.2019