“no direct or indirect negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on the safety of civilian critical infrastructure facilities”
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Maria Zakharova
Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova is a Russian diplomat who serves as the director of the information and press department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. She has been the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation since 2015.
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culture · Russian diplomat (born 1975) · diplomat · journalist · politician · functionary · composer · lyricist · propagandist · press agent · civil servant · also Maria Zakharova, Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova, Marija Sacharowa, Zakharova
Born 24 December 1975 · Q20812953
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2026· 6 entries
“s decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions showed the”
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“As historians note, the Normandy landing did not have a decisive impact on the outcome of World War II and the Great Patriotic War. It had already been pre-determined as a result of the Red Army”
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Yahoo: Russia's Zakharova condemns Ukrainian strikes on Russian civilians
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News: Maria Zakharova May 21
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News: Maria Zakharova April 28
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2025· 4 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2025).
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Claimed: “"Ukraine was gradually turning into a testing ground for experiments of any quality with biolabs, obviously with organ trading."” — rated FALSE by VOA.
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Claimed: “U.S. uses forced labor by involving inmates in fighting Los Angeles fires, while sanctioning China for using forced labor in Xinjiang.” — rated False by VOA.
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“descendants of the Nazis in leadership positions in the countries of the collective West”
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2024· 3 entries
Claimed: “"It was Igor Kirillov who exposed the American biological laboratories in Ukraine that developed biological agents for selectively targeting people belonging to specific ethnic groups, including Slavs."” — rated False by VOA.
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Claimed: ““By refusing to accept Russian passports lacking biometrical chips, Czech authorities have added to their list of discriminatory measures against Russia & once again demonstrated their Russophobic approaches. In this case, ordinary Russians became their main target.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Claimed: ““The oh-so 'peaceful' Iceland is thus trying to keep up with its senior allies in sponsoring Ukrainian Nazis.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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2023· 1 entry
Claimed: ““In the implementation of yet another destructive action, a direct and key role was assigned to the criminal Kyiv regime, which in turn acted through the hands of notorious Russophobes who have settled there."” — rated Unsubstantiated by VOA.
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2022· 1 entry
“s incursions and strikes into southern Syria were”
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2021· 3 entries
Claimed: “"I will emphasize once again: The Russian measure is exclusively retaliatory. It has nothing to do with any infringement of freedom of speech."” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Zakharova criticised a NATO military exercise called Defender-Europe 21, one of the largest NATO-led military exercises in Europe in decades, which began in March 2021
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Alone "NATO is planning seven military exercises in Ukraine
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2020· 4 entries
Claimed: ““The appearance of this book testifies to the increasing desire of the Malaysians to form their own opinion about what happened. We believe that the latter is especially important, given how one-sided and engaged in the West this tragedy has been illuminated for years.”” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Awarded Order of Honour (2020).
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Claimed: ““First, Russia rendered assistance by sending a plane with domestic medical items and equipment to New York at a time when the coronavirus situation there was stressful. Now that the U.S. has boosted the production of ventilators, Washington can support Russia’s efforts to fight the coronavirus p…” — rated Misleading by VOA.
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Claimed: ““However, we have long had questions regarding what the United States is guided by in including or not including certain organizations on its ‘blacklists’ [of terrorist organizations]. As you know, Washington has long refused to add the ISIS group to them.”” — rated False by VOA.
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2018· 2 entries
Claimed: ““Material about the deaths of dozens and hundreds of Russian citizens – it is classic disinformation. It was not 400, not 200, not 100 and not 10. Preliminary figures indicate that as a result of the armed clash that took place, the causes of which are now being investigated, we can talk about th…” — rated Likely false by VOA.
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Claimed: ““The fur coat is Russian; I bought it at the Ladya (National Crafts) Exhibition at the World Trade Center (Moscow) this year. The shoes are by the firm Vitacci -- a Russian company of Russian-Italian manufacturing. I wear OURS – either what was made completely in Russia or by the order of a Russi…” — rated False by VOA.
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2017· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Friendship (2017).
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Zakharova accused the European Union of hypocrisy over its different behaviour towards the separatist crises in Crimea and Catalonia, after hundreds were injured by Spanish security forces preventing Catalans from voting
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Career landmark: extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador for the Soviet Union and Russia (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded BBC 100 Women (2016).
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Was chosen as one of BBC's 100 Women
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2015· 2 entries
“Ukraine has become the global centre of Nazism, and this issue goes far beyond Eastern Europe. All reasonable anti-fascist and anti-Nazi forces must work together to ensure that the broader society learns the truth.”
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Career landmark: Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2015).
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1998· 2 entries
Studied at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1998).
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Maria Zakharova graduated from the Faculty of International Journalism at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in the field of orientalism and journalism
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1993· 1 entry
Two years after the Soviet Union had collapsed
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1981· 1 entry
When he was appointed to the Soviet embassy there
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1975· 1 entry
Born 1975-12-24.
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