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22 march
24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
On June 2-5, 2021 Russia will host the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the major Russian platform for interaction in the world of business
and economics, under the motto “Together Again – a New World Economy”.
and economics, under the motto “Together Again – a New World Economy”.

19 march
On the Russian President’s reaction to the US leader’s unpleasant remarks
To choose a title for an article is always a tricky thing – you risk to miss-match the core of a narrative. This task is especially difficult when a text has already been written by your Western media partners, and you have nothing left to do but to copy/paste it, no matter what the essence of the material is. Today, we all witnessed once again how it works – news prepared by Reuters about the Russian President’s reaction to the US leader’s unpleasant remarks in his address during the interview to ABC News were simply cloned by the Indian media without paying much attention to the real meaning of Mr Vladimir Putin’s words.

18 march
Crimea — Seven Years Since Back Home
Kudashev: Today, on March 18 we celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Crimea’s reunification with Russia. Seven years ago, on March 16, the people of Crimea exercised their right to self-determination guaranteed by the UN Charter and the Declaration on Principles of International Law.
16 march
India - Eurasian Economic Union Conclave meeting
H.E. Mr Nikolay R.Kudashev, Russian Ambassador to India, addressed participants of the India - Eurasian Economic Union Conclave meeting on March 16, 2021.

15 march
Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement the 10th anniversary of the start of anti-government demonstrations in Syria
March 15, 2021 marks ten years since the beginning of civil disorder in the Syrian Arab Republic. Due to outside interference, the domestic political process rapidly turned into an armed conflict, in which illegal armed groups moved to the fore. The country was subjected to unprecedented aggression by international terrorism.

12 march
Our ship is loaded & heading new horizons of cooperation between Russia and India
Noted an article published in the Daily Guardian on March 11, 2021, which, besides being biased and non-professional, is ill-intentioned to negatively affect the special and privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India.

09 march
Russian Embassy's Statement
Noted the publication in the Indian media claiming that Russia allegedly “kept India out” of the international efforts for the Afghan peace process, which seems to be based on ill-informed sources. Dialogue between Russia and India has always been very close and forward-looking on all global and regional issues, including the situation in Afghanistan. It has been intensively maintained in bilateral and multilateral formats, including the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group, Moscow consultations, etc.

04 march
Agreement on ceasefire at the India-China border in Eastern Ladakh
Zakharova: We continue following the developments on the border between China and India. We welcome the agreements on settling the situation that were reached following the telephone conversation between the foreign ministers of China and India on February 25 of this year.

04 march
The 25th anniversary of the Asia-Europe Meeting
March 1 marked the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Day. This year we celebrate its 25th anniversary. Since joining the forum in 2010, Russia has been promoting practical cooperation across a variety of fields, including through the implementation of specific sectoral projects. As one of the ASEM Asian Group Coordinators (since the second half of 2019), we have been directing the forum’s efforts to deepen continent-wide connectivity in all its aspects and manifestations forming a single Eurasian contour of inter-regional cooperation.

02 march
Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on new US anti-Russia sanctions
Zakharova: Regardless of the US’s enthusiasm for sanctions we will continue to consistently and resolutely uphold our national interests and rebuff any aggression. We urge our colleagues not to play with fire.