Mid.ru press documents 2003–2019, Russian

Document collection scraped from the Russian governmental website mid.ru. Includes all items (transcripts, comments etc.) listed on:
- https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/minister_speeches/,
- https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/deputy_ministers_speeches/,
- https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/telefonnye-razgovory-ministra/,
- https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/spokesman/briefings/,
- https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/spokesman/official_statement/,
- https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/spokesman/answers/,
- https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/spokesman/kommentarii/,
and on their following pages (e.g. https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/minister_speeches/?PAGEN_1=2) from the first documents (4 January 2003) until the end of 2019.

11,857 documents. One document in each row. Columns:

- ID: format MID-1  
- ID_no: format 1  
- Date: Document date, format 2019-12-31 
- Title: Document title
- Type: One of the following: Брифинги; Выступления заместителей Министра; Выступления Министра; Комментарии; Ответы на вопросы СМИ; Официальные заявления; Телефонные разговоры Министра
- Text: Document text including title  
- URL: URL from which the document is downloaded  
- Downloaded: Date of download, format 2019-12-31

Formats: rds and json.

Version 1.1: edited column names.

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From www.mid.ru:

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Their reprinting, as well as any quoting in the mass media is allowed only with a reference to the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a source of the information.