Sergey Lavrov

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

Lavrov likely didn’t know about Russia's full-scale war plans — FM Dmytro Kuleba

The decision to launch Russia's full-scale invasion was made by a "super narrow" circle, meaning Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov could not have known war was coming, said former Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Nov. 8.

9 November 2024, 12:38 AM

Türkiye’s FM hints at 'new situation' as Russia-Ukraine fatigue grows

In Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine, fatigue is setting in on both sides, which could lead to a “new situation” in 2025, Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said in an interview with Hürriyet published Sunday, Nov. 3.

3 November 2024, 02:04 PM

Russian FM to attend OSCE summit first since war outbreak

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to visit Malta in December 2024 to participate in the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting, claimed Russian outlet Vedomosti, citing Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

1 November 2024, 01:25 PM

Hungarian Foreign Minister justifies meetings with Russia’s Lavrov

Hungary has the "sovereign right to negotiate with anyone," Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Oct. 31 during the Eurasian Security Conference in Minsk, Belarus, reports Politico.

1 November 2024, 11:55 AM

Russia aims to dismantle global order in long-term perspective, ISW analysts say

Russia continues to show a clear unwillingness to engage in any genuine negotiations with Ukraine, analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Sept. 9.

10 September 2024, 01:33 PM

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