Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, Moscow, April 16, 2026 00:00:00 On summoning the Mexican Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry 00:02:00 The 9th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Russia and Central Asia 00:03:23 Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the 3rd All-Russian Municipal Forum, Small Homeland – the Strength of Russia 00:03:59 Upcoming meeting of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Trustees of MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 00:05:01 The Day of the Acceptance of Crimea, Taman, and the Kuban into the Russian Empire 00:11:18 Ukraine crisis update 00:52:19 Meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (Ramstein format) 01:00:30 Briefing by Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik on the Kiev regime crimes 01:02:45 US’s unfounded cyberattack accusations against Russia 01:06:00 Monuments to fallen Red Army soldiers vandalised in Serbia 01:07:19 The 65th anniversary of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 01:12:58 Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide of the Soviet People 01:26:50 Humanitarian aid delivered to Zimbabwe 01:27:50 60th International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad for School Students 01:29:08 Russia–Türkiye: 105+ Years International Media Forum 01:30:00 International Forum of Supervisory Authorities and the Private Sector 01:33:10 The 2nd Open Dialogue “The Future of the World. A New Platform for Global Growth” 01:34:50 Answers to media questions: 01:35:01 French initiative on ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz 01:38:56 Japan’s foreign policy bluebook 01:43:24 Outcomes of Sergey Lavrov’s visit to China 01:45:39 International legal aspects of the situation surrounding the Strait of Hormuz 01:50:20 Repercussions of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for the global economy 01:59:13 Prospects for the normalisation of economic ties with the EU 02:08:17 Russian-Hungarian relations 02:18:03 Consequences of Georgia’s accession to the EU 02:31:25 The 6th China International Consumer Products Expo 02:34:59 Situation surrounding the RT.Doc: Time for Our Heroes documentary film festival in Italy 02:49:47 Russophobic report by Estonian special services 02:54:55 Statements by the US President regarding Cuba 02:55:29 Certain remarks by Peter Magyar 02:57:08 Situation in Lebanon 02:59:06 Internal contradictions within NATO 03:06:45 Violations of the Easter ceasefire by Ukraine 03:09:02 Russian-Iranian collaboration 03:10:57 Discussion of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz in the UN Security Council 03:13:10 Iranian-US ceasefire agreements 03:15:02 Arms race in outer space 03:18:20 Off-site briefing in Izhevsk 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/