Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, Moscow, May 21, 2026 00:00:00 Sergey Lavrov’s participation in several events in Perm 00:01:24 Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the upcoming 34th Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy 00:01:58 Africa Day 00:03:17 Ukraine crisis update 00:27:29 US’ probe into the funding of its overseas biolabs 00:30:24 The European Union’s move to use proceeds from reinvesting frozen Bank of Russia assets 00:37:46 Moldova situation update 00:46:33 US sanctions against Cuba 00:48:55 Japanese foreign minister’s statements on Russian-Japanese relations 00:49:47 Revocation of rehabilitation of Japanese war criminals 00:53:25 Release of Russian nationals from fraudulent call centres in Myanmar 00:55:50 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda 00:58:37 Delivery of Russian humanitarian aid to the Federal Republic of Somalia 00:59:45 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Papua New Guinea 01:02:32 Day of Slavic Literature and Culture 01:04:19 The International Security Forum 01:07:37 Answers to media questions: 01:08:15 Western reaction to the Sarmat test launch 01:09:30 Reaction to the executive order simplifying the procedure for granting Russian citizenship to Transnistria residents 01:13:14 Mutual abolition of visa requirements for the citizens of Russia and Saudi Arabia 01:15:37 Victory Day blog tour for foreign bloggers 01:20:09 Situation around the Oil Industry of Serbia NIS A. D. 01:21:50 Hague Tribunal’s refusal to release Radko Mladic 01:26:31 Moldova’s course towards European integration 01:28:32 Russian exhibition at the Venice Biennale 01:41:01 Results of the Russian President’s visit to China 01:49:27 Agreed Russian-Chinese approaches to building a new type of international relations 01:52:48 Possible Russian assistance in reaching an agreement between Iran and the United States 01:54:25 Development of youth ties with China 01:57:29 Situation around Cuba 02:02:51 Statements by the President of Finland 02:11:09 Emergence of a multipolar world 02:12:49 Russian and Chinese approaches to resolving the crisis in the Persian Gulf 02:14:01 Iran’s nuclear programme 02:16:11 Formation of a new government in Iraq 02:17:23 Prospects for achieving interethic harmony in Syria 02:19:44 Results of the 17th World International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic: KAZANFORUM 2026” 02:22:36 Reform of international financial institutions 02:23:13 Participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competitions 02:26:41 Nikol Pashinyan’s course towards European integration 02:30:15 Prospects for the normalisation of Russian-Polish relations 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/