Sergey Lavrov

Lavrov draws a hard line: Russia won’t yield any territory in talks

Moscow is not considering any territorial concessions in negotiations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Radio Liberty on Feb. 17.

17 February 2025, 06:16 PM

US Secretary of State held a phone call with Lavrov

Russia's Foreign Ministry said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone, according to Russian media on Feb. 15.

16 February 2025, 10:19 AM

Kremlin dismisses Trump’s reconciliation hopes, says Kyiv Security Forum

Recent statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Nikolai Patrushev, an aide to the Russian dictator, indicate that the Kremlin is escalating its demands, making reconciliation efforts by Donald Trump’s new administration appear unrealistic, according to the Kyiv Security Forum (KSF).

19 January 2025, 12:19 AM

Kremlin doubles down on goal to erase Ukraine’s sovereignty, ISW warns

The Kremlin intends to push its initial objectives of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine during any future “peace talks,” according to the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). These objectives include dismantling Ukraine as a state, dissolving its current government, demilitarizing the country, and permanently barring it from NATO membership.

15 January 2025, 12:00 PM

The Kremlin’s manipulator: Sergey Lavrov’s scandals, secrets, and foreign ties

Video NV has compiled a selection of scandalous facts about one of the longest-serving figures in the Kremlin regime, 74-year-old Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. What is his father's real last name? How does Lavrov's mistress influence Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs? And is it true the official lives off the wealth of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska?

8 January 2025, 11:08 AM

Moscow's demands hinder meaningful peace talks with Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s latest remarks reflect Moscow’s push for Ukraine’s total surrender and its refusal to pursue equal negotiations with Kyiv, the Institute for the Study of War reported on Dec. 31.

31 December 2024, 11:34 AM

Moscow prepares to lift IRBM deployment ban - Foreign Minister Lavrov

Russia intends to lift its moratorium on deploying intermediate-range and short-range missiles (IRBMs), capable of carrying nuclear warheads, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with propaganda news agency RIA Novosti on Dec. 29.

30 December 2024, 08:56 AM

Lavrov rules out Russia’s participation in Ukraine peace summit

Moscow will not participate in the Peace Summit “in any format,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the TASS propaganda agency on Dec. 29.

30 December 2024, 08:40 AM

Kyiv slams Lavrov’s ‘lies’ about France-Russia back-channel diplomacy

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry refuted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s claim that France tried to establish a dialogue with Moscow on the war in Ukraine through “closed channels” without Kyiv’s involvement, spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said during a briefing on Dec. 27.

27 December 2024, 01:17 PM

South Africa bars Putin from G20 summit

South Africa will not invite Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Johannesburg next November because of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Moscow Times reported on Dec. 16.

16 December 2024, 09:09 AM

Military expansion in Belarus signals Russia's bid for de facto annexation

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko signed a Treaty on Security Guarantees, which the Institute for the Study of War says effectively advances Russia’s annexation of Belarus on Dec. 6.

7 December 2024, 10:48 AM

Russia's threats to Zaporizhzhya and Kherson oblasts: Ukraine's response

Russia is attempting to use threats to escalate tensions in Zaporizhzhya and Kherson oblasts, aiming to raise the stakes, Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation under the NSDC security council, said on Dec. 6.

6 December 2024, 01:23 PM

Norwegian FM slams Lavrov’s ‘parallel universe’ rhetoric at OSCE

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's speech at the OSCE Ministerial Council session in Malta was "evidence from a parallel universe,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on Dec. 5

6 December 2024, 12:48 PM

Blinken and Lavrov clash at OSCE on Ukraine

A “virtual” dispute over Ukraine erupted between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Malta, the Associated Press reported on Dec. 5, 2024.

6 December 2024, 12:03 PM

Kremlin issues ultimatums in Lavrov's interview with Tucker Carlson

Peace in Ukraine hinges on NATO's absence, the removal of foreign bases, and the West's acceptance of "realities on the ground", Russia's FM Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with American propagandist Tucker Carlson, published on X on Dec. 6.

6 December 2024, 11:42 AM

Ukraine’s FM leaves OSCE meeting before Lavrov’s speech

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha left the OSCE plenary hall before Russian Minister Sergey Lavrov’s speech.

5 December 2024, 03:50 PM

Ukraine will not agree to Yalta-2 or Minsk-3 – Sybiha

Ukraine will not agree to agreements like the 1945 Yalta Conference or the Minsk accords, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said during the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Malta, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service.

5 December 2024, 02:03 PM

Russian FM faces boycott at OSCE meeting

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky will boycott Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's speech at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Malta on Dec. 5, Polish radio station RMF FM reported on Dec. 5.

5 December 2024, 01:36 PM

FM Sybiha to attend OSCE meeting in Malta

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha will visit Malta to participate in the annual meeting of the OSCE Foreign Ministers' Council, scheduled for Dec. 5-6, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry announced on Dec. 4.

5 December 2024, 02:11 AM

Propagandist Tucker Carlson interviews Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Moscow

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson will visit Moscow for an interview with none other than Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s master of “alternative facts” and the country’s Foreign Minister, American propagandist wrote on his website on Dec. 4.

4 December 2024, 10:17 AM

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