MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | The course of parliamentary elections in France does not very much resemble democracy, the second round was designed to manipulate the will of voters, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin. The video was published in the telegram …
Read More »Russia’s Lavrov arrives in Congo
MOSCOW | TASS | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Republic of Congo, where he will hold negotiations with the leadership of this country, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel. “Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Republic of Congo. Negotiations with the …
Read More »If West wants to solve Ukraine conflict on battlefield, ‘so be it’ — Lavrov
MOSCOW | TASS | If the West wants to solve the Ukraine conflict on the battlefield, “so be it,” Sergey Lavrov, candidate for the post of Russia’s foreign minister, told a Federation Council committee meeting discussing his reappointment. “If they want [to resolve the conflict in Ukraine] on the battlefield, …
Read More »Lavrov to visit China, Ukraine on agenda
MOSCOW | TASS | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will pay an official visit to China on April 8-9, during which he will discuss a number of ‘hot topics,’ including Ukraine, with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “On April 8-9, top Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov …
Read More »RUSSIA: New security council membership should only be extended to developing nations
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Any new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members should come from developing countries, Russian media reported Monday, citing Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Primakov Readings International Forum in Moscow. “It is important to redress the historical injustices that emerged following the end of the …
Read More »Russia considers supply of F-16 fighters to Ukraine a nuclear threat
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia considers the deployment of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as a nuclear threat, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. Lavrov made the comment in an interview with the Russian news agency Lenta.ru, during which he discussed the potential consequences of the decision of …
Read More »Museveni’s relation with Biden’s America
The key recent events that matter NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent visit to Africa appears to have cemented the growing perception of a diminished geo-political stature for President Yoweri Museveni. On his second visit to Africa, Blinken from August 7 to 12 …
Read More »US to respond to Russia’s NATO demand ‘next week’
Geneva, SWITZERLAND | EURO NEWS | The top diplomats from Russia and the US described their talks in Geneva on Friday as “useful” and left the door open for further meetings in the coming weeks. Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov told reporters that Washington had agreed to respond to …
Read More »US ‘bombed’ UN peace talks on Syria: Lavrov
Moscow, Russia | AFP | The United States and its allies “bombed” UN-backed peace talks aimed at ending the war in Syria when they ordered strikes on the country this month, Russia’s foreign minister said Friday. The US, France and Britain “on 14 April bombed not only made-up chemical sites …
Read More »Lavrov says spy poisoning could be ‘in interests’ of UK govt
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday suggested that the poisoning of a former double agent could benefit the British government by distracting attention from problems around Brexit. The March 4 attack on Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury has triggered …
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