Mariya Zakharova – Johnson's Russia List

Interfax: Moscow dismisses Ukrainian official’s idea for new format for talks

January 12, 2016 JRL Russia List Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

(Interfax – Moscow, January 11, 2016) The statements by a representative of Ukraine in the political sub-group of the Tripartite Contact Group, Roman Bezsmertnyy, regarding the launch of a new Minsk 3 process from 1 January appears incompetent, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mariya Zakharova announced. “The statement by a representative of Ukraine in the political subgroup about the launch from […]

Interfax: Russian diplomat likes U.S. warning to Ukrainian leadership

May 14, 2015 JRL Russia List Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

Russian Foreign Ministry Building Tower file photo

(Interfax – Moscow, May 13, 2015) The warning given by US Secretary of State John Kerry to official Kiev not to try to capture Donetsk airport by force attests to the fact that Washington’s efforts for Ukrainian settlement are starting to have future, according to deputy director of the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mariya Zakharova. […]