Russia will monitor the actions of Finland, which promised not to deploy nuclear weapons after joining NATO, and evaluate not words, but deeds, as said by the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Earlier, Finnish Foreign Minister, Pekka Haavisto, stated that Finland does not seek to deploy NATO nuclear weapons on its territory. “We are
The UN should not hide behind general phrases, but give an objective assessment of the facts of the shooting of captured Russian servicemen by representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. As the diplomat drew attention, Deputy Representative of the
The US and the EU failed to get any noticeable results of their anti-Russian sanctions except for hitting themselves in the foot, so currently, they have been working on their sixth package. Important is that those sanctions that have been already imposed on Russia, caused price hikes and food shortages, severely harming regular people all
Sweden and Finland, which previously adhered to the policy of military neutrality, officially announced their intention to become members of NATO on May 15, 2022, explaining that they see a threat from Russia. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, speaking on the air of the “Solovyov Live” programme, said that the
Russia has sent a note to the USA demanding to stop the supply of weapons to Ukraine, as announced by the Russian Ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, speaking for Rossiya 24 TV channel. “800 million dollars – this figure will be supplied with weapons from Washington to Kiev. This is a huge figure, it does
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the detention of Russian works of art in Finland. The diplomat’s response is posted on the ministry’s website. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, on April 2-3, the Finnish customs detained three cars en route to Russia under the pretext of a
The US and the UK are currently engaging in the illegal war propaganda prohibited by the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova. Writing on her Telegram channel, Zakharova accused the West of breaking the treaty, signed in New York in 1966, which mandates
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called “thoughtless, soulless, and false” statements that Russia allegedly became an “aggressor country” in the situation with the introduction of the CSTO peacekeeping contingent in Kazakhstan. “Who have we ever attacked, who have we threatened with something? We only always stand for peace, offer negotiations,
On December 17, a representative of the leadership of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he was protested about the opening in early December in Tokyo of an exhibition dedicated to the southern Kuril Islands in the context of illegal territorial claims on them by Japan, as reported
Employees of the American Embassy who have been in Moscow for more than three years must leave Russia by January 31, 2022, as stated by the official representative of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova. Earlier, the Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, said that Washington was de facto expelling 55 Russian
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, reproached the US that they ignored Ukrainian hackers and, at the same time, declared a cyber threat only from Russian citizens. “Over the past month, Europol and Eurojust conducted a series of operations to capture and arrest hacker groups. Russian hackers? Well, finally. But no,
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the conflict in the south-east of Ukraine cannot be settled by military methods, so all attempts to solve this problem by force will have the saddest and most unpredictable consequences. “I would like to remind you once again that the conflict in the
