🎙 Briefing by Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, December 11, 2025)

🔹 #KievRegimeCrimes
🔹 Ukraine crisis
🔹 Russia-Africa Partnership Forum
🔹 Report on Russian citizens and compatriots abroad
🔹 Impact of anti-Russian restrictions on their authors
🔹 Thailand–Cambodia border situation
🔹 Detention of Russian scholar in Poland

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#KievRegimeCrimes

The Kiev neo-Nazi regime continues to commit war crimes and acts of terrorism against Russia. In just the past week, attacks from Ukrainian artillery and UAVs have affected 65 civilians in our regions; seven of them were killed, with another 58 wounded, including one child.

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Representatives of the Kiev junta, including Zelensky’s wife Yelena, use every international venue to promote the false narrative of “Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia,” describing “their suffering under occupation” and accusing Russia of “changing their identity.”

In reality, Zelensky himself and his wife, as well as the anti-people regime led by him, are the main enemy of Ukrainians of all ages, including minors.

The official authorities, teachers, caregivers, bloggers, and language activists target Russian-speaking children with impunity, calling them “wrong children” and demanding that they “set things right.” What is this if not an attempt to forcibly change their language identity?

#Thailand #Cambodia

Russia has maintained traditional relations of friendship and cooperation with Thailand and Cambodia.

In this context, the new escalation of the confrontation on the border between these two friendly nations of Russia involving the use of heavy weapons has become a matter of grave concern.

We call on both Sides to exercise restraint for avoiding civilian casualties, resume dialogue as quickly as possible in order to achieve a ceasefire and a complete settlement of this conflict.

Territorial disputes of this kind result from the West’s long-standing colonial policy. Today, amid the apparent deterioration in the global security environment, relying on ASEAN’s spirit of unity and solidarity has special importance for overcoming historical differences.

#UK #Skripals

On December 4, 2025, a 178-page report of “an independent public inquiry” into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who died in Amesbury in July 2018, allegedly from Novichok poisoning, has been presented to the British parliament.

Just as we expected, that pseudo-public inquiry was initiated and carried out by the British establishment to persuade the public to accept the unsubstantiated anti-Russian version of the events, according to which the death of Dawn Sturgess was directly connected with the alleged poisoning of the Skripals.

This is obviously yet another flagrant lie concocted by the British for none other than its own allies.

A politicised and non-transparent nature of that “public inquiry” clearly shows that London never wanted to conduct a just and objective investigation. Its security services and law enforcement agencies, as well as its politicians of all stripes, have long been using these incidents as evidential proof of the “Russian threat.” The British used them to launch the sanctions campaign and create new pretexts for accusing Russia of espionage, arson, and cyberattacks. It was obviously an orchestrated operation aimed at damaging the international prestige of Russia and its leaders.

#Poland #FreeButyagin

Reports have surfaced regarding the detention in Poland of a Russian scholar Alexander Butyagin.

Alexander Butyagin is an employee of the State Hermitage Museum. We consider the charges levelled against this distinguished Russian archaeologist – accusing him of “destroying cultural heritage” on Russian territory – to be utterly absurd.

It is completely obvious to us that this is nothing more than a political provocation, lacking any legal merit.

We will persist in demanding the immediate release of Alexander Butyagin.

#Announcement

🎙 On Thursday, December 18, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova will hold her weekly briefing on current foreign policy issues.

🕧 12.30 pm MSK
🕤 09.30 am GMT
🕥 10.30 am CET
🕠 5.30 pm CST (Beijing)

For accreditation inquiries, please contact the MFA Press Centre. Accredited journalists will receive details on the technical aspects of submitting questions.

The Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman will answer media questions received by the call centre.

❗️ Accreditation is open until December 17, 09.00 am MSK.

⚡️ On the adoption of a UNGA resolution combating the glorification of Nazism

At the December 15 plenary session of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, a resolution noscriptd “Combating the Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” was adopted. The resolution was spearheaded by the Russian Federation.

The resolution garnered the support of 44 co-sponsoring states from various global regions.

✅ It was endorsed by 119 votes, opposed by 51 delegations, with 10 countries abstaining.

This resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism lays the groundwork for countering the falsification of history and efforts to revise the outcomes of the Second World War on an international platform.

It condemns the glorification of the Nazi movement and former SS members, including Waffen-SS units, deemed criminal by the Nuremberg Trials. The resolution expresses profound outrage at the rehabilitation of Hitler’s collaborators and attempts to elevate them to the status of national heroes, manifesting in torchlight processions, street renaming, and the erection of memorials.

The document articulates serious concern over the ongoing campaign against monuments dedicated to anti-Nazi and anti-fascist fighters and liberating soldiers in some countries, which has increasingly assumed the guise of state policy. Simultaneously, it expresses strong indignation at efforts by certain nations to prohibit symbols associated with Victory over Nazism.

The resolution particularly underscores that such actions desecrate the memory of the countless victims of Nazism, negatively impacting younger generations and being utterly incompatible with the obligations of UN member states under the Organisation’s Charter.

Furthermore, the resolution upholds the principle of inadmissibility of any ideology promoting the superiority of specific population groups based on racial, ethnic, religious affiliations, or similar criteria. This is particularly relevant in light of the persistent rise in Islamophobia, Christianophobia, Afro-phobia, Arabophobia, Russophobia, and anti-Semitism, notably in the collective West.

It is emblematic that this very political bloc, year after year, seeks to obstruct the adoption of the Russian initiative, resorting to unscrupulous procedural tactics, and consistently votes against international efforts to combat aggressive manifestations of racism and xenophobia. Of particular concern are the positions of Germany, Italy, and Japan, as former Axis members. Their indulgence of perilous trends raises questions about the sincerity of their contrition for crimes committed during the Second World War.

❗️The voting results clearly demonstrate that the global majority stands in solidarity with Russia’s approaches to combating the glorification of Nazism.

This is especially symbolic in the year commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory over Nazism in the Second World War, the founding of the United Nations, and the establishment of the Nuremberg Trials.

☝️ Moscow is convinced that the adoption of this thematic resolution will significantly contribute to the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance.