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Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has reacted strongly to South Korea’s suggestion that it may start arming Ukraine’s government, slamming the idea as “an openly hostile anti-Russian move.” “Russia is conducting defensive military operations against the collective West, which has chosen the puppet regime in Kyiv as an instrument …

Russia welcomed on Friday Chinese proposals to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and said it was open to achieving the goals of what it calls its “special military operation” through political and diplomatic means. China has called for a comprehensive ceasefire as part of a 12-point plan for dealing with …

Russia said on Thursday that the West’s supplies of advanced weapons to Ukraine were finding their way onto the black market and then into the hands of extremist and criminal groups in the Middle East, Central Africa, and Asia. Since Russia launched its war with Ukraine on February 24, the …

Russia said on Thursday it would retaliate against European Union curbs on visas for Russians, but would not close itself off from the bloc. “The interests of us, of our people, will be taken into account in the first place when choosing retaliatory measures,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told …

As many as 10,000 Western military instructors have been sent to Ukraine to train the Eastern European nation’s soldiers and support its fighting in the Donbass, Moscow has claimed, insisting that 4,000 are Americans. Speaking during a briefing on Friday, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Moscow’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, suggested …

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Maria Zakharova announced today, Thursday, that the Russian side, during its consultations with America on issues of strategic stability held in Vienna, stressed the importance of withdrawing US nuclear weapons from Europe. “We reaffirmed once again the importance of ending such common nuclear practices by NATO, …

Planes with former detainees landed in Moscow and Kiev, concluding the long-awaited prisoner swap. The action was hailed as the first step in mending the ‘dead-end’ relations between the neighbors and was praised internationally. Despite many delays and setbacks, the swap finally happened on Saturday. The government plane carrying the …

Russia has expelled some Swedish diplomats from Moscow as part of a reciprocal move against Stockholm, TASS news agency cited Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Wednesday. Zakharova made the comment when asked at a weekly briefing whether Moscow had expelled two Swedish diplomats. She did not …