Alexey Meshkov

The topic of Russia's interference in the elections of European countries is absurd, stated to TASS the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexey Meshkov.

Meshkov commented on the presumed participation of Moscow in the election process of several EU member-states as follows:

Bulgaria's biggest opposition party BSP on Friday signed an agreement to cooperate with A Just Russia (Spravedlivaya Rossiya), a left-wing party.

Mihail Mikov, the head of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is on a visit to Moscow with a party delegation earlier this week and is attending Spravedlivaya Rossiya's April 22-23 congress.

BELGRADE - World War I changed the geopolitical map of Europe and the world, caused massive destruction and human death, and Serbia suffered the most in the war, losing in it a sixth of its population, participants at an international conference in Belgrade said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Russia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexey Meshkov noted on Tuesday that the two countries have forged close and friendly bilateral ties.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met with Russia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexey Meshkov in Belgrade Tuesday and told him that Serbia supported in principle the territorial integrity of Ukraine, but it would not participate in any sanctions against Russia.

BELGRADE - The international conference marking the centenary of World War I, to be held in Belgrade on September 16-18, will be attended by a Russian delegation led by the deputy minister of foreign affairs, the Embassy of Russia said in a release.