Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova briefing, Moscow, October 16, 2026

Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, Moscow, October 16, 2026 00:00:00 Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic 00:00:43 Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the 9th joint ministerial meeting of Russia–GCC Strategic Dialogue 00:01:44 Sergey Lavrov’s working visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran 00:02:28 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with university graduates newly appointed to the diplomatic service 00:03:45 Ukraine crisis 00:21:29 New evidence about Nazi criminals who took refuge in Canada after World War II 00:32:42 The aniversary of the murder of RIA Novosti war correspondent Ivan Zuyev 00:37:52 Warning to Russian citizens on the risk of detention or arrest at the request of US law enforcement and intelligence agencies 00:44:23 Moldova update 00:51:13 Convictions brought in Latvia against Sergey Nikitin and Polina Kamleva 00:55:17 Russian court rules to recognise Baltic nationalists as Nazi accomplices 01:15:03 MEP’s calls to shut down Russian houses under the pretext of countering a “hybrid threat” from Russian 01:32:01 The EU adopts new anti-Russia sanctions 01:38:40 Outcomes of the 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council 01:42:06 The revocation of the rehabilitation of Japanese war criminals 01:47:49 Anniversary of the uprising at the Sobibor Nazi death camp 01:49:52 Introduction of a visa-free regime for citizens of Vietnam 01:51:43 Second Global Digital Forum 01:55:51 Russian-Colombian cultural ties 01:58:42 GlavUpDK and Moscow Kremlin Museums sign long-term cooperation agreement 02:00:05 Discover ATOM 3rd International Tourist Forum 02:02:39 Exhibition match between Zenit FC and Shanghai Shenhua FC in St Petersburg 02:04:24 The Peoples of Russia International Week 02:06:13 Answers to media questions: 02:06:22 Russophobic statements by Radosław Sikorski 02:10:16 Situation around the International Criminal Court and Japan’s indignation 02:13:17 Youth protests in France 02:28:18 Russian-US diesel deal 02:35:22 China’s “new Long March” 02:41:34 Situation around Yemen 02:43:56 Tightening of visa regime for Russians by the EU countries 02:47:58 EU’s reaction to the Russian-US diesel deal 02:55:01 Japan’s utilisation of AI technologies to falsify the results of World War II 02:56:18 Russian-Italian relations 03:01:10 New anti-Russian accusations 03:03:35 Bulgarian plans to perform major repairs of the Shipka monument 03:06:07 Participation of Iraqi delegation in the Gas Exporting Countries Forum 03:07:30 A peace process between Kurdish groups and Ankara 03:08:38 Jared Kushner’s and Steve Witkoff’s future travel to Moscow 03:10:11 Launching of Moscow-Minsk international travel 03:11:41 Iran’s participation in the CIS summit 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/