Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova briefing, Moscow, March 12, 2026
Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, Moscow, March 12, 2026 00:00:00 Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming talks with Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi 00:01:02 The humanitarian situation in the Middle East in the wake of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran 00:08:40 House of Russian Culture destroyed in Lebanon 00:14:05 12th anniversary of the referendum on Crimea’s reunification with Russia 00:24:19 Ukrainian crisis update 00:54:51 Moldova update 01:01:52 Anti-Russia rhetoric in the 2025 report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom 01:10:06 Developments surrounding the detention of the oil tanker Ethera in the North Sea 01:10:56 Attack on the civilian commercial vessel Arctic Metagaz 01:14:10 Yerevan’s refusal to accept humanitarian aid from Russia 01:21:20 Lawless actions by German authorities towards Russian citizens and compatriots 01:22:49 Act of vandalism against Soviet military cemetery in Gdansk 01:25:07 Anniversary of the end of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 01:33:22 11th international conference “The Far East and the Arctic: Sustainable Development” 01:35:41 New weekly bulletins on the Foreign Ministry website 01:37:21 Marking the 170th birth anniversary of Russian statesman and diplomat Alexander Izvolsky 01:40:28 Answers to media questions: 01:41:04 Statements by Ursula von der Leyen 01:46:23 The danger of nuclear weapons proliferation in Europe 01:55:51 The situation in Serbia’s autonomous territory of Kosovo and Metohija 02:01:02 China’s Global Governance Initiative 02:03:43 Russia’s proposals on resolving the conflict around Iran 02:05:30 European insinuations regarding beneficiaries of the situation around Iran 02:14:38 Prospects for the development of Russian-Abkhazian relations 02:16:53 Russian-Chinese relations 02:19:31 The consequences of the conflict around Iran 02:20:51 The humanitarian situation in Iran 02:23:13 The rehabilitation of Nazism in the Baltic states 02:29:00 Prospects for involving the EU in resolving the Ukraine crisis 02:33:04 Worsening energy crisis in Europe 02:39:51 The US President’s statements regarding Cuba 02:42:44 Moldova’s withdrawal from the CIS 02:46:23 Sweden’s Russophobic policy 02:54:39 Rising tensions in the Arctic МИД России в "Икс" (бывший Twitter) (русская версия) https://twitter.com/MID_RF МИД России в "VK" (русская версия) https://vk.com/mid МИД России в "Facebook" * https://www.facebook.com/MIDRussia МИД России в "Instagram" https://www.instagram.com/mid.rus/ МИД России в "Flickr" https://www.flickr.com/photos/mfarussia/ МИД России в"TikTok" https://www.tiktok.com/@midrussia МИД России в "RuTube" https://rutube.ru/channel/23489815 *https://mid.ru/ru/tekhnicheskie_svedeniya/ob_ispolzovanii_programmnykh_produktov_kompanii_meta/
Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, Moscow, March 12, 2026 00:00:00 Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming talks with Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi 00:01:02 The humanitarian situation in the Middle East in the wake of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran 00:08:40 House of Russian Culture destroyed in Lebanon 00:14:05 12th anniversary of the referendum on Crimea’s reunification with Russia 00:24:19 Ukrainian crisis update 00:54:51 Moldova update 01:01:52 Anti-Russia rhetoric in the 2025 report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom 01:10:06 Developments surrounding the detention of the oil tanker Ethera in the North Sea 01:10:56 Attack on the civilian commercial vessel Arctic Metagaz 01:14:10 Yerevan’s refusal to accept humanitarian aid from Russia 01:21:20 Lawless actions by German authorities towards Russian citizens and compatriots 01:22:49 Act of vandalism against Soviet military cemetery in Gdansk 01:25:07 Anniversary of the end of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 01:33:22 11th international conference “The Far East and the Arctic: Sustainable Development” 01:35:41 New weekly bulletins on the Foreign Ministry website 01:37:21 Marking the 170th birth anniversary of Russian statesman and diplomat Alexander Izvolsky 01:40:28 Answers to media questions: 01:41:04 Statements by Ursula von der Leyen 01:46:23 The danger of nuclear weapons proliferation in Europe 01:55:51 The situation in Serbia’s autonomous territory of Kosovo and Metohija 02:01:02 China’s Global Governance Initiative 02:03:43 Russia’s proposals on resolving the conflict around Iran 02:05:30 European insinuations regarding beneficiaries of the situation around Iran 02:14:38 Prospects for the development of Russian-Abkhazian relations 02:16:53 Russian-Chinese relations 02:19:31 The consequences of the conflict around Iran 02:20:51 The humanitarian situation in Iran 02:23:13 The rehabilitation of Nazism in the Baltic states 02:29:00 Prospects for involving the EU in resolving the Ukraine crisis 02:33:04 Worsening energy crisis in Europe 02:39:51 The US President’s statements regarding Cuba 02:42:44 Moldova’s withdrawal from the CIS 02:46:23 Sweden’s Russophobic policy 02:54:39 Rising tensions in the Arctic МИД России в "Икс" (бывший Twitter) (русская версия) https://twitter.com/MID_RF МИД России в "VK" (русская версия) https://vk.com/mid МИД России в "Facebook" * https://www.facebook.com/MIDRussia МИД России в "Instagram" https://www.instagram.com/mid.rus/ МИД России в "Flickr" https://www.flickr.com/photos/mfarussia/ МИД России в"TikTok" https://www.tiktok.com/@midrussia МИД России в "RuTube" https://rutube.ru/channel/23489815 *https://mid.ru/ru/tekhnicheskie_svedeniya/ob_ispolzovanii_programmnykh_produktov_kompanii_meta/