Seizing Russia’s foreign-exchange reserves would be nothing short of “theft,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. Such an idea was recently floated by the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell. “It seems fair to say that this is a theft they [the Western nations] do not even try to …
Read More »New stage of Ukraine operation starting – Lavrov
Russia’s military operation in Ukraine is entering a new phase, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told Indian media. In an interview aired on Tuesday, Lavrov said the goals of the military action in Ukraine had been declared by Moscow from the start, and one of those goals was the …
Read More »EU morphed into a military organization – Lavrov
The EU made a “serious U-turn” by morphing into a military organization acting in the interests of Washington and NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday in an interview with Russian media. He cited a remark that EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made last Saturday. The European …
Read More »Russia seeks to end US-dominated world order – Lavrov
Russia’s military action in Ukraine is meant to put an end to the US-dominated world order, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has explained. Washington has been seeking supremacy by imposing ad-hoc rules and violating international law, he claimed, in an interview aired by Russian television on Monday. He was referring …
Read More »Big progress in Ukraine talks – Lavrov
Talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Turkey have produced one significant step forward: Kiev giving up on Crimea and the Donbass, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday, during a visit to China. “I consider it significant progress that the Ukrainian negotiators confirmed the need to ensure a …
Read More »Russia to advance ‘fair world order’ with China – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi for the first time since Moscow launched a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24. Unlike many Western nations and some Asian countries, Beijing has refused to condemn Moscow and rejected calls to impose sanctions on Russia. …
Read More »West is waging ‘total war’ on Russia, Lavrov says
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the West of launching a “total, hybrid war” against his country, saying that a recent wave of sanctions aim to “exterminate” the Russian economy. The comments came during a meeting of the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund in Moscow on Friday, where Lavrov said …
Read More »‘Zelensky goading Biden into war with Russia’ and other highlights from Lavrov interview with RT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed Russia’s standoff with the US and other Western nations in an interview with RT on Friday, and outlined the direction in which Moscow is moving. He said the West had encouraged Ukraine to turn into an “anti-Russia,” and now its leader is trying to …
Read More »US outsourced dangerous infections studies to other countries – Lavrov to RT
Russia suspects Pentagon-funded bioresearch laboratories in foreign nations, including those in Ukraine, may pose a threat because of the secrecy surrounding their work, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told RT. Washington apparently didn’t want to risk exposing its own people to the pathogenic threat, he suggested. “The Americans some years ago …
Read More »Lavrov makes Napoleon and Hitler comparison over Ukraine
Washington has succeeded where Europe-conquering dictators of the past have failed, as evidenced by its ability to bend the policies of European governments to its will, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleged on Thursday. “I can’t help but make these comparisons. In the past, Napoleon and Hitler had the goal …
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