Maria Zakharova

Russia threatens ‘harsh and painful’ response after Hungary expels 10 diplomats

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has threatened Hungary with a “harsh and painful” response after Budapest ordered 10 members of the Russian diplomatic mission to leave the country.

8 September, 04:47 PM

Russia threatens damage to ties with U.S. and Turkey over new arms supplies to Ukraine

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned that new arms supplies to Ukraine would seriously damage Russia's relations with the United States and Turkey, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Aug. 15.

15 August, 08:57 PM

Russia rejects Turkiye's Black Sea ceasefire proposal

Moscow does not consider it appropriate to return to the 2022-2023 Black Sea Initiative or to a pause in hostilities in the Black Sea, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, said on Aug. 14, according to the department’s statement.

14 August, 03:54 PM

Russia to summon Swedish ambassador over alleged red paint drone attack

Russia’s Foreign Ministry plans to summon Sweden’s ambassador over what it described as a “drone attack” involving red paint at the Russian Embassy in Stockholm, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, according to the Russian propaganda outlet RBK News.

3 July, 10:47 AM

Russia courts Hungary’s new leader after his call for pragmatic ties with Moscow

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Moscow is monitoring statements by Hungary’s new government on bilateral cooperation and the war in Ukraine, Russian propaganda agency RIA Novosti reported on June 4.

4 June, 04:29 PM

Lavrov and Zakharova rudely rebuke EU military demands in Ukraine negotiations

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sharply rebuked remarks by European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas regarding possible EU demands toward Russia in potential negotiations on Ukraine, Russian state propaganda outlet Izvestia reported.

28 May, 01:56 PM

Moscow says strikes on Kyiv 'will continue' after mass attack

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Russian strikes on Kyiv “have been carried out in response and will continue,” Russian propaganda agency TASS reported on May 25.

25 May, 04:15 PM

Russia issues new threats to Kyiv as drones swarm near Moscow

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova issued new threats against Ukraine in the wake of a drone attack near Moscow and ahead of the May 9 parade, Russian media reported on May 7.

7 May, 02:06 PM

Moscow repeats threat of strikes on central Kyiv if May 9 parade is disrupted

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on May 6 issued new threats against Ukraine as Russian forces continued to violate a ceasefire declared by Kyiv.

7 May, 01:28 AM

Russia accuses U.S. of 'forcibly granting' citizenship to Russian diplomats’ children

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused the U.S. administration of “forcibly granting American citizenship” to Russian diplomats’ children without prior application.

4 May, 12:44 PM

Russia dismisses Western claim Navalny was killed with frog toxin

Russia has formally responded to a claim that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed with poison derived from an Ecuadorian poison dart frog — epibatidine — according to analyses of his biological samples conducted by independent laboratories in the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

15 February, 10:06 PM

Russia to skip first meeting of Trump’s Peace Council

Russia will not take part in the first meeting of President Donald Trump’s Peace Council scheduled for Feb. 19 in Washington, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, according to Russian state media on Feb. 12.

12 February, 02:58 PM

Zakharova mocks EU envoy over her photo from Kyiv shelter, Maternová fires back

Russian FM spokesperson Maria Zakharova cynically mocked the EU ambassador to Ukraine, Katarina Maternová, over her decision to sleep in a bathroom during Russia’s massive overnight strike on Kyiv.

5 February, 10:15 AM

Russia warns UK, French troops in Ukraine would be 'legitimate targets'

Russia's Foreign Ministry warned that British and French troops in Ukraine would be treated as "legitimate targets" for Russian attacks, in response to a declaration signed by leaders in Paris on potentially deploying forces there in the event of a ceasefire, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Jan. 8, according to the BBC.

8 January, 04:20 PM

Zakharova warns Poland of ‘serious consequences’ over Gdańsk consulate standoff

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that Poland will face “consequences” for attempting to “seize” the Russian consulate in Gdańsk, according to RMF24 on Dec. 25.

26 December 2025, 10:42 AM

Poland’s foreign minister mocks Russian claim that Lenin created Poland

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has mocked an outlandish claim by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova that Poland was “created by Vladimir Lenin.”

17 December 2025, 01:57 PM

Zakharova's crude Rome tower jab backfires

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova escalated a diplomatic spat Monday by renewing criticism of Italy's support for Ukraine in response to the Italian Foreign Ministry summoning Russia's ambassador over her earlier crude remarks linking a historic Torre dei Conti tower's collapse in Rome to aid for Kyiv on Nov. 3.

4 November 2025, 02:12 PM

Czech Foreign Ministry reminds Russia who really supported fascism

Czechia’s Foreign Ministry has fired back at the Kremlin after Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused the United Kingdom of “supporting fascism.”

31 October 2025, 04:06 PM

Moscow downplays Trump–Putin meeting cancellation

Moscow does not see “significant obstacles” to further interaction with the United States on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed on Oct. 23.

23 October 2025, 02:41 PM

Russian propaganda revives fake claims of ‘black transplantology’ in Ukraine - CCD

Russia has ramped up an old propaganda campaign accusing Ukraine of being involved in illegal organ trafficking, Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) reported on Sept. 4.

4 September 2025, 01:30 PM

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