Crimea’s residents have had no qualms about reuniting with Russia over the past nine years, Crimean State Council Chairman Vladimir Konstantinov said. Nine years ago, Crimea and the city of Sevastopol decided to secede from …
Konstantin Kosachev, a Federation Council deputy speaker, on Tuesday said a partial embargo on Russian oil imports agreed by the heads of state and government of the European Union will deal a blow to the competitiveness of the economy and the …
Russia expects to sign a biosafety treaty with Azerbaijan soon, Konstantin Kosachev, the Federation Council's Deputy speaker, co-chairman of the parliamentary commission to investigate the US biolaboratories activities in …
Russia has never used its armed forces in southeast Ukraine and has no intention of doing so in the future, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia’s parliament) Konstantin Kosachev said in a live broadcast on …
Members of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs voted unanimously at an extraordinary meeting today to appoint former State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin as chairman of the committee instead of …
Washington’s agreement with the Taliban (the organization banned in Russia) in the framework of which the US is significantly reducing its contingent in Afghanistan, is a part of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the head of the …
Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev, speaking with the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza, summed up the key points of Russia's relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia in 2019. In …
The easing of visa rules in relations between Georgia and Russia, including cancellation of visas, as well as restoration of air links with that country require urgent solution, chairman of the Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs …
Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said that the United States’ failure to issue visas to delegates from the Russian Federal Treasury who planned to take part in an …
The United States seeks to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty in order to hide violations and achieve military superiority, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said,. …
Chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev has called in question the sincerity of the Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives, who have launched formal impeachment …
Several Russian senators have been denied U.S. visas and won’t be able to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Chairman of the Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev …
The only guarantee that U.S. intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles won’t be deployed to Europe was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and the words of outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman …
Head of the international affairs committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said he would meet with Georgian opposition lawmakers in Moscow on July 15 to discuss the current situation in bilateral relations and ways …
Common sense has prevailed in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe where for the first time over the past five years the aggressive anti-Russian minority has failed to impose its viewpoint, Russian Senator Konstantin …
The Russian Federation Interagency Commission for Council of Europe Affairs will meet on June 11 to discuss cooperation with the Council of Europe, including the current situation within its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Chairman of the Russian …
Sanctions Western pressure on Russia and Iran will not be able to hamper Russian-Iranian cooperation, head of the Russia's Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said at a meeting with chairman of …
Russia is ready to return a debt of 60 million euro to the Council of Europe, which has been accumulated over two years of non-payment, a diplomatic source familiar with the situation said. Earlier, chairman of the Russian Federation …
The report by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluding that the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia to influence the 2016 election gives the U.S. presidential administration a chance to start its ties from scratch with Moscow, head …
Russia and Azerbaijan are very important allies for each other, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, said in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza. "I have no …
