Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on topical foreign policy issues, Moscow, April 8, 2026 00:00:00 Japanese Ambassador summoned to Russian Foreign Ministry 00:01:47 Sergey Lavrov to attend CIS Council of Foreign Ministers meeting 00:03:03 Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 00:03:35 The UN Security Council’s review of the draft resolution on security in the Hormuz Strait 00:06:24 Cessation of hostilities in the Middle East 00:07:57 Attacks on peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 00:10:49 FAO report assessing impact of the Middle East conflict on agrifood markets 00:16:35 Ukraine crisis update 00:46:15 Canadian bilingualism and linguistic duplicity 00:56:55 Violations of international maritime law by Western countries 01:08:30 Russian-Moldovan relations 01:14:14 Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People 01:17:57 Revocation of rehabilitation of Japanese war criminals 01:29:26 Exhumation of Red Army soldiers’ remains began in central Siauliai, Lithuania 01:34:14 The completion of the eighth phase of the humanitarian demining operation in Laos 01:37:10 Cosmonautics Day 01:45:02 Third Caucasus Investment Forum 01:47:27 Answers to media questions: 01:47:34 Results of the presidential election in Vietnam 01:48:51 Complying with the ceasefire regime in the Middle East 01:54:01 Outlook for energy cooperation 01:59:34 Russian-Chinese AI interaction 02:04:11 Russia’s position on Taiwan 02:06:20 YouTube removing Belarusian media channels 02:13:04 The Kiev regime’s use of cyber criminals 02:19:07 The EU’s nuclear ambitions 02:25:02 US interference in internal affairs of other states 02:27:27 Upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia 02:32:42 Russophobic remarks by certain officials in Moldova 02:37:07 Nagorno-Karabakh settlement 02:40:08 Certain statements by Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia 02:45:22 The Kiev regime’s attacks on Russian energy infrastructure 02:51:26 The US President’s statements on the situation in the Gulf 02:54:16 Ukrainian armed forces expanding their terrorist attacks on trans-border energy infrastructure 03:01:51 Tensions growing around the Kaliningrad Region 03:07:40 Ukrainian drones crossing Baltic countries’ airspace 03:09:41 “Solidarity” and “divisions” within NATO 03:12:52 France’s position on UN Security Council voting 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/