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Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, watched a friendly football match in Moscow on March 21 ... Show more
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Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, watched a friendly football match in Moscow on March 21 ... Show more
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Russia shoots down US proposal to restart nuclear arms control talks: Russia’s top diplomat on Thursday rejected a U.S. proposal to continue nuclear arms control ...
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Russia shoots down US proposal to restart nuclear arms control talks
Quick Glance: Russia’s Lavrov rejects US proposal for nuclear arms talks
  • Russia’s top diplomat rejects the United States’ proposal to resume nuclear arms control dialogue.

  • Lavrov also warned that Ukraine must end its push to join NATO before peace discussions can proceed.

  • He accused the West of fueling global security risks by encouraging Ukraine to ramp up strikes on Russian territory.

  • Lavrov rejected the US offer to resume contacts in the sphere of nuclear arms control and called for Washington to revise its current policy towards Russia.
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Mega showdown at UN Security Council meetSergei Lavrov rips into Ukraine even as Russia locks horns with USMohammed Saleh joined by WION's Susan Tehrani ... Show more
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Territorial disputes with Japan over, says Russian foreign minister: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that all territorial disputes between ...
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Territorial disputes with Japan over, says Russian foreign minister
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Careers under Putin: Russian accolades: Arms dealer Viktor But, once convicted in New York, is now a regional deputy in Russia. He is not alone with this career.
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Careers under Putin: Russian accolades
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Russia’s foreign minister to visit North Korea this week amid claims of weapons supplied to Moscow
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Russia’s foreign minister to visit North Korea this week amid claims of ...
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Blinken presses for release of U.S. journalist in call with Russian counterpart: The secretary of state conveyed “grave concern over Russia’s unacceptable ...
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Blinken presses for release of U.S. journalist in call with Russian ...
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Steven Seagal, De Gaulle grandson, Italian princess: Putin friends meet in Moscow for first "Russophile Congress"
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Steven Seagal, De Gaulle grandson, Italian princess: Putin friends meet in ...
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Baerbock addressed Lavrov directly: "Stop this war. Today!": Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called on Russia to end its war of aggression against Ukraine ...
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Baerbock addressed Lavrov directly:
Quick Glance: Baerbock directly addresses Lavrov: "Stop this war today!"
  • At the G20 meeting of economic powers, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urged Russia to end its aggression against Ukraine.

  • She went on to say: "Because every family that loses a father, brother, mother, or child loses an entire world."

  • G20 members have differing perspectives on the Ukraine conflict, according to Baerbock.

  • "But what unites us all is that the Russian war has had no positive consequences anywhere in the world.""
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Quick Glance: Lavrov said Russia is willing to discuss prisoner swaps with the US following Griner's conviction.
  • "We put forward, as you know, a substantial proposal that Russia should engage with us on.

  • And what Foreign Minister Lavrov said this morning and said publicly is that they are prepared to engage through channels we've established to do just that.

  • And we'll be pursuing that,"

  • And, as Foreign Minister Lavrov stated this morning and publicly, they are willing to engage through the channels we have established to do so.

  • And we'll look into that," Blinken said at a press conference.

  • Earlier on Friday, a US State Department official told reporters that Russia had given no "serious response" to a planned swap.

  • Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesperson, told reporters that Russia would not discuss the possibility of a transfer publicly.

  • "The Americans have already made this mistake," he declared on Friday.
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Brittney Griner prisoner swap: Kremlin ready to discuss after sentence: "There is a special channel that has been agreed upon ... and no matter what anyone says ...
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Brittney Griner prisoner swap: Kremlin ready to discuss after sentence
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Brittney Griner: Who Russia and the U.S. might exchange: Because of the convicted U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, Russia and the U.S ...
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Brittney Griner: Who Russia and the U.S. might exchange
Quick Glance: Is Putin employing a body double?
  • Ukraine has a vested interest in propagating rumors that Russia's autocrat is dead, dying, or mysteriously missing.

  • In 2008, a Russian WW2 veteran named Felix Dadaev published a book claiming to be one of four body doubles for Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, apparently with Putin's agreement.

  • His deception was so convincing that the Kurds imprisoned him, believing he was the genuine Uday.

  • Britain is also known to have used at least one body double of a prominent person.
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Blinken, Lavrov discussed potential prisoner exchange for Griner, Whelan: Neither side reported progress after what the U.S. secretary of state called a “frank ...
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Blinken, Lavrov discussed potential prisoner exchange for Griner, Whelan
Quick Glance: Blinken and Lavrov discussed possible prisoner swaps for Griner and Whelan.
  • According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, "concerning a possible exchange of Russian and U.S. citizens held in detention, the Russian side strongly proposed returning to a professional dialogue in 'quiet diplomacy' mode, without spreading speculations."quiet diplomacy" mode, without spreading speculations."

  • Blinken described Russian President Vladimir Putin's goal as "trying to erase Ukraine as a sovereign country."

  • "I don't want to characterize any of Foreign Minister Lavrov's responses," stated Blinken.

  • According to the Foreign Ministry, Lavrov told Blinken that Russia's "goals and objectives will be achieved in full."
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Russia confirms prisoner swap negotiations are underway for Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
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Russia confirms prisoner swap negotiations are underway for Brittney ...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Leaves G20 Meeting Early After Western Leaders Spurn Group Photo Op
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Griner and Whelan case: Will they be exchanged for the "Merchant of Death"?: The US wants to make an offer so that US citizens Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner ...
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Griner and Whelan case: Will they be exchanged for the
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Lavrov Says Putin-Macron Call Leak Breached 'Diplomatic Etiquette': A French broadcaster said Putin had told Macron he would rather “play ice hockey” than decide ...
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Lavrov Says Putin-Macron Call Leak Breached 'Diplomatic Etiquette'
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Western colonialism v legacy of the Soviet Union: OPINION: Africa’s importance to the geostrategic tug-of-war is not a new phenomenon, writes Ramzy Baroud.
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Western colonialism v legacy of the Soviet Union
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Russia's Lavrov says he will discuss US prisoner swap offer: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that he's open to a call with U.S ...
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Russia's Lavrov says he will discuss US prisoner swap offer
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US Secretary of State has said that he will be holding a telephonic conversation with Sergei Lavrov regarding the release of two Americans ... Show more

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Russia Claims Sanctions Won't Hurt Energy Profits, Expects 'Increase': Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that the country has "alternative ...
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Russia Claims Sanctions Won't Hurt Energy Profits, Expects 'Increase'
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Russian foreign minister denies claim Putin has any type of illness: Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said that \"no sane person\" would think that ...
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Russian foreign minister denies claim Putin has any type of illness
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After Lavrov's threat: "Nuclear attack currently unlikely": Russia expert Alexander Dubovy sees classic war rhetoric showing that "Putin has his back against the ...
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After Lavrov's threat:
Quick Glance: Energy Crisis Law Change: In the Extreme Case, Enteignments Should Be Possible
  • The Ukraine war jeopardizes Germany's energy security.

  • The federal government intends to enact new laws based on laws enacted in the 1990s.

  • Because of the significant consequences of the Ukraine war for energy security, the German government has increased the scope of government oversight.
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Armenia opposition Resistance Movement holding march to MFA: In connection the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Armenia…
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Armenia opposition Resistance Movement holding march to MFA
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Newsday - Are India and Russia building closer ties? - BBC Sounds: Catch up on your favourite BBC radio show from your favourite DJ right here, whenever you like ...
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Newsday - Are India and Russia building closer ties? - BBC Sounds
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Whoever gives in to Putin is dead: The Kremlin only understands the language of hardship: why the open letter from 28 celebrities, which in effect calls on ...
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Whoever gives in to Putin is dead
Quick Glance: Russia's Conspiracy-Laden Claims That Israel Supports Neo-Nazis Could Change Tel Aviv's Position on Ukraine War
  • Russia's Foreign Minister's remarks on Sunday that Hitler had "Jewish blood" and that the "most rabid antisemites tend to be Jews" stunned much of the globe, particularly Israel, which condemned a "unforgivable" lie that tarnished the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.

  • Israel has not supported sanctions against Russia for its invasion, and it is unclear whether Sergei Lavrov's statements will affect that dynamic.

  • Lavrov's remarks may have an impact on that relationship.

  • "Israel used to be a reliable partner for Russia," Yablokov explains.
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Russia Lectures Israel About Holocaust, Defends Saying Hitler Was Jewish: Russia's Foreign Ministry responded to Israeli statements condemning Lavrov for ...
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Russia Lectures Israel About Holocaust, Defends Saying Hitler Was Jewish
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Lavrov’s antisemitic Nazi remarks likely no accident: Russia’s doubling down on offensive remarks by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who accused Jews of being ...
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Lavrov’s antisemitic Nazi remarks likely no accident
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The day of the war at a glance: Russian army is stuck - Mishap at Putin's celebration
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The day of the war at a glance: Russian army is stuck - Mishap at Putin's ...
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Ukraine considering neutrality: Today, Thursday, Sergei Lavrov and Dmitro Kuleba, the two foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine, are scheduled to negotiate ...
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Ukraine considering neutrality
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The EU will freeze the assets of Putin and Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, Latvia’s foreign minister says
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The EU will freeze the assets of Putin and Russia’s foreign minister ...
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Look at this city: The "Wehrkundetagung" returns after almost six decades in its strategic starting position - the intensified East-West confrontation ...
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China's Great Show: In a few hours, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will begin in Beijing. The state media are already celebrating it as a great moment ...
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China's Great Show
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Foreign Minister Maas in Russia: Diplomatic ping-pong: For the first time since the beginning of the corona pandemic, Foreign Minister Maas is visiting Russia ...
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Foreign Minister Maas in Russia: Diplomatic ping-pong
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More than 75 hacker attacks ?: Russia accuses Germany of espionage: Russia has long been criticized for failing to properly investigate a hacker attack on the ...
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More than 75 hacker attacks ?: Russia accuses Germany of espionage
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Russian Foreign Minister: Lavrov rejects Maas offer for talks: A meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergej Lavrov and his German counterpart Heiko Maas in ...
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Russian Foreign Minister: Lavrov rejects Maas offer for talks
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German-Russian relationship: Maas threatens further reactions to zoo murder: The zoo murder and the hacking attack on the Bundestag strain relations with Russia ...
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German-Russian relationship: Maas threatens further reactions to zoo ...
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Moscow visit: Foreign Minister Maas calls for the investigation of the Tiergarten murder
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Moscow visit: Foreign Minister Maas calls for the investigation of the ...
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Heiko Maas: Stressed relationship: The Tiergarten murder overshadows Foreign Minister Heiko Maas' visit to Moscow. Actually, it's about the anniversary of the ...
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Heiko Maas: Stressed relationship
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Moscow: Maas will not be able to avoid a painful topic: Because of the pandemic, Russians are still not allowed to enter the EU. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is ...
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Moscow: Maas will not be able to avoid a painful topic
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Heiko Maas in Moscow: First trip to Russia since the beginning of the Corona crisis
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Heiko Maas in Moscow: First trip to Russia since the beginning of the ...
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