Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Serbia has been cancelled after countries around Serbia closed their airspace to his aircraft, a senior foreign ministry source told the Interfax news agency on Sunday.
"Those reports are accurate," a high-ranking source in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Interfax today.

Russia is also disappointed with the hostile actions of the authorities in Croatia in recent months, but hopes to return to mutually beneficial cooperation, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday.

This was stated today by the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, after Moldova banned the broadcasting of Russian television channels, but also that the Russian St. George's Ribbon is banned from showing publicly.

Russia said the main warship of its Black Sea Fleet, the missile warship 'Moscow', was severely damaged and that its crew was evacuated after an explosion that Ukraine claims was the result of a missile strike.

"The European Union is not the center of the universe," said Nikolay Kobrinets, Director of the Department for European Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Reuters reported.

Negotiations, the outcome of which is expected by the whole world, have been going on for more than three hours.
A solution for Ukraine is possible only if Russia's interest is taken into account, Putin told Macron.
Putin presented Macron with the conditions for resolving the situation in Ukraine.
- Demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine started today in the Gomel region, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed.
The delegations were welcomed by Vladimir Makei, head of the administration of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
"You can feel completely safe. It is our sacred duty!" Makei said, Ukrainian paper Justice reports.

Rostourism, Russia's federal tourism agency, has recommended tour operators replace Bulgaria with other destinations, TASS reported.

The recommendation was given in connection with the closure of Bulgarian airspace for Russian air carriers and the mirror closure of Russian airspace for Bulgarian, including transit flights.

US Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan conveyed to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the American response to Russia's requests in the field of security, Reuters and TASS reported.

In an article by "Bloomberg", which refers to an unnamed diplomat, the agency states that Washington's position on that issue "infuriated the government of one of those countries".
"They demand an urgent clarification of what President Biden is planning," the source said.