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IN BRIEF: MFA comments on readying for G20 ministers’ meet, 'insatiable monster’s' gamble

TASS21 October 2026, 17:48 UTCRussia

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that Vladimir Zelensky, deliberately speculating on the EU migration problems, turned to outright threats

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