Published 1 year ago

Crowd laughs at Russia's top diplomat as he blames Ukraine for war

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Sergei Lavrov, Russia's longstanding foreign minister, provoked laughter from an audience at an international conference in India when he attempted to portray his country as the victim of the war in Ukraine.

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BBC News

Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims

Sergei Lavrov is laughed at in Delhi after saying the Ukraine war was "launched against us".

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Russian minister’s claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter

Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India’s Raisina Dialogue conference

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Russia’s Sergey Lavrov sparks laughter from audience as he claims Ukraine started war

Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov provoked laughter from an audience at a conference in India when he claimed his country is the victim of the war in Ukraine. He was speaking at the Raisina Dialogue, an event in New Delhi that debates the major challenges facing the world. It is one of the few global events that still invites Russian politicians. “The war, which we are trying to stop, which was launched against us using Ukrainian people, o…

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Putin's foreign minister is laughed at as he claims West started Ukraine war

Laughter and groans erupted from the crowd at the G20 Summit in New Delhi when Putin's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Russia was a victim of the war in Ukraine

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sydney Morning Herald

Russian foreign minister laughed at over absurd invasion claim

Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Ukraine war “we are trying to stop was launched against us”.

1 year ago·Sydney, Australia

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The Washington Post

Russia’s Lavrov elicits cheers and groans at Indian political dialogue

The audience cheered when Lavrov condemned what he called a Western double standard on Ukraine but groaned when he called Russia the war’s victim during India’s Raisina Dialogue.

1 year ago

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