International activities

The head of the US diplomatic mission in Russia, John Sullivan, will meet in America with the staff of the new US administration and will soon return to Moscow.

The Colombian Foreign Ministry handed the Russian Ambassador to Bogota a note of protest over the violation of the country's airspace by the Russian Il-96 aircraft.

Ukrainian Ambassador Andriy Melnyk in Berlin urged Western countries to think about restoring his country's nuclear status.

According to Dmitry Peskov, some countries are trying to create an ephemeral threat in the face of Russia in order to justify their unfriendly actions.

The Russian government has decided to terminate the tax agreement with the Netherlands. The decree on this was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Maxim Ovchinnikov, the first deputy general director of the state corporation for economics and finance, said that one of the counterparties of Roscosmos in 2020 refused the contract for the launch of the satellite due to US sanctions.

No further steps towards Ukraine's NATO membership are currently foreseen. This was stated at a briefing in Berlin by the deputy official representative of the FRG government Ulrike Demmer.

The European Court of Human Rights found the verdict against the activist unfair.

The Turkish Defense Industry Department and four Turkish individuals were sanctioned.

Foreigners and stateless persons may be allowed to legalize their stay in Russia, despite the existing violations. The corresponding bill is being developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The consular district of the US Embassy in Moscow will be extended to the entire territory of Russia from April 1, according to the US Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan.

According to the Russian Embassy, the gates of the missions of Great Britain, Venezuela, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, and France were locked up.

The Kremlin hopes that the incident with the detention of a Russian officer in Italy will not interfere with relations between the two countries.

The format of the "European troika" - Russia, Germany and France - retains an obvious potential for the future - this is the opinion of the vice-speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.

The tragedy in Syria should not last another ten years, he said.