Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova briefing, Moscow, May 28, 2026

Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, Moscow, May 28, 2026 00:00:00 Foreign Ministry summons Ambassador of Luxembourg to Russia 00:02:46 Upcoming meeting of the Government Commission on Compatriots Living Abroad 00:03:41 The upcoming meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots Living Abroad 00:04:55 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026 00:11:28 Ukraine crisis update 00:43:08 Russian Foreign Ministry releases latest report on the human rights situation in Ukraine 00:48:08 Double standards in UNESCO Secretariat performance 00:55:46 International Children's Day 01:10:49 New documentary evidence of the Chisinau regime’s lawlessness 01:15:04 Algeria’s enactment of legislation criminalising French colonialism 01:16:38 Developments around the transfer of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritian sovereignty 01:20:09 A ceremony in Washington, D.C., commemorating the sinking of the USS Wahoo 01:22:53 EAEU Day 01:25:13 Answers to media questions: 01:25:21 The situation regarding a war memorial to the fallen in the Great Patriotic War in Armenia 01:29:49 New anti-Russia accusations by the Lithuanian authorities 01:31:03 The deployment of US missile systems in Japan 01:33:05 The French National Assembly commission’s report 01:39:26 Russian-Armenian relations 01:49:19 The outlook for resuming trilateral talks involving Russia, the US and Ukraine 01:52:12 Russian-Chinese cooperation in education 01:54:59 The redeployment of US troops in Europe 01:57:55 Palantir’s activities in Ukraine 02:00:24 Statements by the Serbian parliament speaker 02:02:09 Possible transportation of Iran’s enriched uranium to Russia 02:04:02 Influence of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue on the architecture of multilateral interaction in the Asia Pacific 02:08:49 Ukrainian drones in European airspace 02:11:46 Russian-Finnish contacts 02:13:07 Japanese economic delegation’s visit to Moscow 02:14:38 The Foreign Ministry’s awareness-raising efforts with regard to the terrorist attack in Starobelsk 02:19:10 Metropolitan Hilarion’s detention in the Czech Republic 02:23:13 The EU’s new package of anti-Russia sanctions 02:24:33 Outlook for normalising Russian-Bulgarian relations 02:27:09 European politicians’ Russophobic statements 02:29:46 The results of foreign journalists’ trip to Starobelsk 02:32:09 Russian observers denied accreditation for elections in Armenia 02:38:23 Russia’s nuclear deterrence 02:40:38 Belarusian-French contacts 02:46:23 Pakistan’s mediation in the settlement of the Persian Gulf crisis 02:48:05 Western support for the Kiev regime’s terrorist activities 02:52:44 Western plans for Ukraine’s economic exploitation 02:57:09 Armenia’s accession to the EU 03:00:12 Russia’s relations with South Caucasus countries 03:04:14 US sanctions against Russian companies 03:07:19 UN Security Council discussions on the situation around Iran 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/