Tag: Sergei Lavrov

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said he saw no linkage in president-elect Donald Trump’s offer to remove sanctions if Russia reduced its nuclear weapons.

The Ukrainian military claims that Russia-backed forces conducted 38 attacks yesterday; meanwhile the OSCE has announced the loss of a drone near Mariupol.

The two men, Aleksandr Baranov and Maksim Odintsov, were arrested on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the frontier yesterday afternoon.

Sergei Lavrov made it clear today that Russia intends to intensify strikes against rebel fighters in Aleppo, claiming that “terrorists” need to be “wiped out.”

Meanwhile regime-allied forces have retaken a strategically important artillery base in Aleppo, threatening a renewed siege.

Russia is not planning to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavovr said today in Yekaterinburg.

LIVE UPDATES: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow today to discuss the wars in Syria and Ukraine. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent […]

Sergey Lavrov likes to think of himself as a man of ideas, whose contribution to shaping his country’s foreign policy comes from the ability to place it in a long historical context. That said, Lavrov cares little for history properly understood.

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Live Updates: The agreement reached last night in Munich offered delivered an immediate, nor a comprehensive ceasefire. On the morning after, Russian and regime forces continue to conduct air strikes on populated areas. The previous post in our Putin in Syria column can be found here. The Kremlin’s Message Today — Forget Trying To Stop […]