Spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria #Zakharova threatens a retaliatory strike if the Crimean bridge is attacked with Western support.
"I would like again to warn #Washington, #London, #Brussels that any aggressive actions against #Crimea are not only doomed to fail, but will also be met with a blow of retaliation that will be crushing,"
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova said in her weekly press briefing that it’s “extremely hard to believe” that Islamic State would have had the capacity to launch the attack on a #Moscow concert hall last Friday that killed at least 140 people.
#Finland will extend the border closure with #Russia until April 14th.
The two month extension comes as the #Finnish border guard reports of hundreds or possible thousands of asylum seeker behind the border waiting for the border to re-open.
Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria #Zakharova on Wednesday accused the Finnish government of "not wanting to discuss with #Moscow the threat allegedly posed to Finland from across the #Russian border".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei #Lavrov has arrived in the North #Macedonian capital for the #OSCE ministerial meeting via #Greece, not #Bulgaria – allegedly because of #Sofia's decision that the overflight permit did not apply to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova.
A delegation from Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza, is currently visiting #Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova told a weekly briefing on Thursday, without providing any further details.
MFA Russia: 💬 #Zakharova: Russian rescuers are finishing their mission in #Libya. For ten days, they have been working around the clock to eliminate the aftermath of #StormDaniel in the most challenging and dangerous areas.
💪 They have cleaned up almost 2,000 m3 of structures and debris. @libya
During a broadcast of the #Solovyov Live propaganda show, the spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry Maria #Zakharova compared the recent drone attacks on #Moscow City, a high-rise commercial development in the #Russian capital, to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Russia always defends itself in someone else's country.
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💬 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria #Zakharova: Russia is conducting defensive operations against the collective West, which has chosen the puppet regime in Kiev for its proxy war against us.