The US and UK want to escalate the Russia-Ukraine conflict into a larger confrontation between Moscow and Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday in an interview with RT and Sputnik. “Our US and British colleagues… with the support from the Germans, Poles, and the Baltic states, very …
Read More »West violated key NATO-Russia treaty – Lavrov
Neither Russia nor NATO has ever formally denounced the 1997 Founding Act, but in practice it does not work because the alliance is in violation of it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assessed on Thursday. There were some who believed that the key treaty would be scrapped by NATO during …
Read More »EU and NATO forming coalition ‘for war against Russia’ – Lavrov
The actions taken by the EU and NATO essentially amount to the formation of a “new coalition” targeting Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists on Friday, comparing the steps taken by Brussels to the actions of Nazi dictator Adolf Hilter before attacking the Soviet Union. Moscow has “no illusions” …
Read More »Russia doesn’t care about ‘eyes of the West’ – Lavrov
The fate of British fighters captured in Ukraine and sentenced to death as mercenaries is for the Donetsk People’s Republic to decide under international law, and Russia doesn’t care how that looks “in the eyes of the West,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told UK state broadcaster BBC in an interview …
Read More »UK wants to ‘bring Russia to its knees’ – Lavrov
There is no way of improving Russian-British relations while London wants to bring Moscow “to its knees,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. He was answering a question from the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg on Thursday about the dismal state of relations. “I don’t think there’s even room for maneuver …
Read More »‘It takes two to tango’, but West ‘breakdancing alone’ – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow remains open to direct talks with the West, but “it takes two to tango.” The minister was asked by an RT correspondent on Friday about recent comments made by Polish President Andrzej Duda, in which he criticized France and Germany for …
Read More »Flight ban for Russia’s Lavrov sparks Montenegro row
The head of the Montenegrin parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, Miodrag Lekic, has criticized the lack of transparency around a decision to close the Balkan state’s airspace to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday. The move, which was supported by Bulgaria and North Macedonia, derailed the Russian diplomat’s planned …
Read More »Serbia blames ‘hysteria’ for failed Lavrov visit
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic hit out against the “hysteria” demonstrated by several Balkan states that barred the plane of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov from using their airspace. During a televised address on Monday, Vucic said that the organized campaigns against a small country like Serbia over Lavrov’s planned visit …
Read More »Western leaders have many phobias – Lavrov
Western leaders believe themselves to be exceptional and are driven by delusions of grandeur and irrational fears, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday in an interview with RT Arabic. “We know that our Western friends have many phobias, many complexes. They have a superiority complex, the infallibility complex, …
Read More »Lavrov unveils Russia’s geopolitical strategy
Moscow expects increased economic cooperation with China as the West becomes more dictatorial, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. Russia intends to build relations with independent countries and will decide how to deal with the West if and when it comes to its senses, he added. “Now that …
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