Russian Ambassador Vladimir Tarabrin speaks with Dutch journalist Rico Brouwer at the Russian Embassy in The Hague on September 30, 2026. In a wide-ranging conversation they discuss the conflicts in the world and Russia’s relationship with Western countries including the Netherlands, that appears to be in the front line of an anti-Russian camp.
This conversation explores how the maps of our time are being redrawn in more ways then one, and what conditions may be necessary before diplomacy is allowed a chance to solve the conflicts of our time.
Some of the topics discussed are listed in the index below:
0:00:00 introduction
0:06:14 Why the world is changing its maps
0:12:52 Russia’s aims in Ukraine and the state of the war
0:21:41 US/Russia relations
0:29:25 Leipzig drone and European Union relations
0:34:24 NATO, the Netherlands and rising tensions
0:43:04 Ceuta, the Middle East, Arctic geopolitics and the road to peace
Links:
Russian Embassy in Netherlands – https://netherlands.mid.ru/en/
Abassador in Potkaars (enbassy) 2024 https://potkaars.nl/blog/2024/11/24/i…
Abassador in Potkaars (audience) 2025 https://potkaars.nl/blog/2025/9/8/int…
Hanneke van der Werf – https://x.com/Strijder124/status/2096…
RU Embassy on Hanneke van der Werf – https://x.com/rusembassynl/status/209…
UN resolution on map projection – https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/…
Equal Earth Map – https://www.equal-earth.com/index.html
Tagesschau on Leipzig drone – https://www.tagesschau.de/investigati…
Spectator article – https://spectator.com/article/ukraine…
RU respose to NATO deployment – https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news… https://archive.is/hYqWk
Potkaars report on UNGA81 https://potkaars.nl/blog/2026/9/24/de…
Interview with Martin Armstrong https://potkaars.nl/blog/2026/9/5/mar…
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