International activities

Kirill Vyshinsky supported the dispatch of CSTO peacekeepers to unrest-ridden Kazakhstan.

Moscow maintains contact with Russian missions abroad in Kazakhstan, while the situation remains calm, there are no casualties among the Russians, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

An unenviable fate awaits the Ukrainian army in the event of an attack on Crimea and Donbass. This was announced by the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet.

The European Parliament should condemn the torch march on the anniversary of Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, which took place in Kiev on 1 January.

The talks between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, which took place the day before, is one of the stages of bilateral relations.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that the Chinese authorities highly appreciate the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of Sino-Russian relations.

Vladimir Putin noted that in the development of the Geneva agreements, the Russian Federation and the United States will be able to establish an effective dialogue. 

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko thanked Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the support provided to the republic in the "difficult time of sanctions."

The ties that have survived since the times of the USSR play a role, this allows the CIS countries to pass through the difficult times of the pandemic better than some, says Vladimir Putin.

He predicted a rapid rise in prices for natural gas due to depletion of underground gas storage.

According to the State Minister, these states also conduct information operations and participate in it «in many different ways».

At the first stage, the Ministry of Trade will sell 100 thousand kiloliters (629 thousand barrels) of oil.

Russia is taking certain actions to move its troops on the territory of the country, and no one can dispute this sovereign right. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

Kiev's statements about its desire to de-escalate the situation in Donbass sound false, the authorities are sabotaging the Minsk agreements, said Maria Zakharova.

The Russian side will not tolerate any preconditions imposed by the United States to further formalise the security guarantees offered by Russia.