[Opinion] Putin's lackey without an opinion. Arrogantly lit a cigarette, diplomats recall Lavrov.

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Putin's lackey without an opinion. Arrogantly lit a cigarette, diplomats recall Lavrov.

In 2004, when Lavrov took office as Russia's foreign minister, he still had a good reputation among Western partners. “He created this in the 1980s and 1990s, when Russia was a fairly active and valid partner on the international scene. Anyone who remembered him from that time suddenly did not understand the Lavrov who appeared afterwards,” says former Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek from 2014 to 2017, who met with the head of Russian diplomac…