Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova briefing, Moscow, June 18, 2026
Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, Moscow, June 18, 2026 00:00:00 Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming talks with Madagascar’s Foreign Minister, Alice N’Diaye 00:00:52 Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming meeting with María Fernanda Espinosa, a candidate for the position of next UN Secretary-General 00:02:17 Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the roundtable on “The Ukrainian crisis: The West’s true goals and role” 00:03:01 Sergey Lavrov to take part in the 12th Primakov Readings research and expert forum 00:04:06 Ukraine crisis 00:24:02 Report “Crimes of the Kiev regime in Dimitrov and Pokrovsk District: Murders, violence, and looting targeting the Russian population” 00:27:09 Opening the first EU accession negotiation clusters with Ukraine and Moldova 00:33:38 US funding of biolaboratories abroad 00:43:40 Signs of crisis in the British government 00:51:32 New findings in the investigation of crimes of British service personnel in Afghanistan 00:54:33 Desecration of the Great Patriotic War Memorial in Gyumri 00:58:15 Notification regime for crossing the state border of the Russian Federation by employees of diplomatic missions of EU member states, non-EU Schengen states, and the EU Delegation to Russia 01:01:55 Travel advisory for Russian nationals travelling to Thailand in connection with the threat of being detained or arrested at the request of the law enforcement agencies and special services of the United States 01:05:58 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 01:08:32 The Diamond Butterfly Open Eurasian Film Award 01:16:49 June 22: Day of Remembrance and Sorrow (the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War) 01:26:23 Answers to media questions: 01:26:28 Statements by the Commander of the German Air Force 01:40:42 The latest EU anti-Russia sanctions 01:43:32 The criminal prosecution of the Head of the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in Moldova 01:49:45 The upcoming Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions 01:54:18 Warsaw’s decision to postpone revoking Vladimir Zelensky’s highest Polish state award 02:00:31 Joint Serbia-NATO military exercises 02:03:54 Russia’s expanding cooperation with Central Asia 02:06:28 Japan’s remilitarisation 02:08:55 Outcomes of the G7 summit 02:19:39 Armenia’s joint military exercises with the United States, France and Greece 02:23:43 China’s approach to shaping a new system of global governance 02:26:26 Iranian-US agreement on ending the conflict in the Middle East 02:28:44 Statements by Kaja Kallas 02:33:47 Russophobia in the Baltic states 02:36:17 Russia’s role in resolving the Iranian crisis 02:37:24 The ineffectiveness of Western anti-Russia sanctions 02:43:52 Georgian radicals’ disruption of Russian Language Day celebrations in Tbilisi 02:48:09 European initiatives on banning Russian citizens from visiting the EU 02:53:54 The hegemonic posturing of the United States 02:59:19 The use of the term “Westerners” 03:06:30 The concept of “Russia is not angry, Russia is focusing” 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, June 18, 2026 00:00:00 Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming talks with Madagascar’s Foreign Minister, Alice N’Diaye 00:00:52 Sergey Lavrov’s upcoming meeting with María Fernanda Espinosa, a candidate for the position of next UN Secretary-General 00:02:17 Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the roundtable on “The Ukrainian crisis: The West’s true goals and role” 00:03:01 Sergey Lavrov to take part in the 12th Primakov Readings research and expert forum 00:04:06 Ukraine crisis 00:24:02 Report “Crimes of the Kiev regime in Dimitrov and Pokrovsk District: Murders, violence, and looting targeting the Russian population” 00:27:09 Opening the first EU accession negotiation clusters with Ukraine and Moldova 00:33:38 US funding of biolaboratories abroad 00:43:40 Signs of crisis in the British government 00:51:32 New findings in the investigation of crimes of British service personnel in Afghanistan 00:54:33 Desecration of the Great Patriotic War Memorial in Gyumri 00:58:15 Notification regime for crossing the state border of the Russian Federation by employees of diplomatic missions of EU member states, non-EU Schengen states, and the EU Delegation to Russia 01:01:55 Travel advisory for Russian nationals travelling to Thailand in connection with the threat of being detained or arrested at the request of the law enforcement agencies and special services of the United States 01:05:58 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 01:08:32 The Diamond Butterfly Open Eurasian Film Award 01:16:49 June 22: Day of Remembrance and Sorrow (the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War) 01:26:23 Answers to media questions: 01:26:28 Statements by the Commander of the German Air Force 01:40:42 The latest EU anti-Russia sanctions 01:43:32 The criminal prosecution of the Head of the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in Moldova 01:49:45 The upcoming Forum of Russian and Belarusian Regions 01:54:18 Warsaw’s decision to postpone revoking Vladimir Zelensky’s highest Polish state award 02:00:31 Joint Serbia-NATO military exercises 02:03:54 Russia’s expanding cooperation with Central Asia 02:06:28 Japan’s remilitarisation 02:08:55 Outcomes of the G7 summit 02:19:39 Armenia’s joint military exercises with the United States, France and Greece 02:23:43 China’s approach to shaping a new system of global governance 02:26:26 Iranian-US agreement on ending the conflict in the Middle East 02:28:44 Statements by Kaja Kallas 02:33:47 Russophobia in the Baltic states 02:36:17 Russia’s role in resolving the Iranian crisis 02:37:24 The ineffectiveness of Western anti-Russia sanctions 02:43:52 Georgian radicals’ disruption of Russian Language Day celebrations in Tbilisi 02:48:09 European initiatives on banning Russian citizens from visiting the EU 02:53:54 The hegemonic posturing of the United States 02:59:19 The use of the term “Westerners” 03:06:30 The concept of “Russia is not angry, Russia is focusing” 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/