Zakharova: no cyberattack on Russian foreign ministry’s website
The Russian foreign ministry’s official website is operating in a routine mode and had not been hacked, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday, adding that it was the ministry’s former website, which is not used any longer, that came under the alleged cyberattack. “The Russian foreign ministry’s website that, according to CNN, has been hacked by an American hacker has been working and in...
Russian Foreign Ministry checking media reports about unrest near Russian Embassy in Kiev
The Russian Foreign Ministry does not confirm or deny Ukrainian media reports claiming that a group of young people threw firecrackers at the building of the Russian Embassy in Kiev. “The information is being checked,” the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS today. According to the Ukrainian online portal “Strana.ua” citing eyewitnesses, a group of unidentified persons threw firecrackers at the Russian Embassy...
Russian Foreign Ministry: Flirting with Jabhat al-Nusra may foster new “terrorist monster”
Any attempts to flirt with Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria are fraught with fostering another terrorist monster, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in its comments on the US policy in Syria. “Any attempt to flirt with Jebhat al-Nusra is fraught with fostering another terrorist monster,” the ministry said. “We and certainly not only we consider the American line in Syrian affairs to be slightly inconsistent and...
Russian Foreign Ministry: mass murder in Nice is a thriller that came true
Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has expressed condolences to the families of those killed and injured in the terrorist attack in the French city of Nice. “Mass murder in Nice is a thriller that became reality. Expressing condolences to the families of those killed, sending words of support to those injured and especially those who are on the brink of life and death now – according to latest...
Moscow wants Turkish-Syrian border tightly sealed
Moscow wants the Turkish-Syrian border tightly sealed in order to stop weapons supplies and the infiltrations of militants, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Thursday (June 23). “There have been reports that at least ten Syrian citizens were killed by Turkish troops on June 18 while trying to cross the Syrian-Turkish border near Jisr al-Shughur,” Zakharova said. “This is a...