US EditionWhat it’s really like to negotiate with Russia’s foul-mouthed foreign minister
- Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov engaged in a tense exchange with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the UN headquarters near the Security Council in 2015.
- The confrontation arose amid disputes over Russian responsibility for Alexander Litvinenko's polonium poisoning in London and Syria's conflict, fueling mutual accusations.
- Lavrov denied Russian involvement in Litvinenko's death, defended Assad’s actions against Islamists, used strong language, and questioned the purpose of the meeting.
- Lavrov told David Miliband to stop "f--- ing lecturing me," swore at Kerry, and claimed Assad avoided targeting humanitarian sites despite conflict reports.
- The episode illustrated Lavrov’s confrontational style and appeared to embody Hannah Arendt's idea that in totalitarian propaganda, "everything was possible and nothing was true.
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Russia's Sergey Lavrov Speaks to NBC's Kristen Welker: VIDEO
NBC’s Kristen Welker turned the heat up on Sergey Lavrov, Sunday, during a rare U.S. interview with Russia’s foreign minister. In a tense battle on Meet the Press, Welker went right after Lavrov about the staggering number of civilians killed in the conflict. A UN monitor recently reported that at least 13,580 civilians have been killed since the start of the conflict in February ’22, and at least 34,115 others have been injured. “Mr. Foreign Mi…
Russia aims to strengthen its grip on the Sahel region. Not surprisingly, last week, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergej Lavrov, received the counterparts of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in Moscow. At a general level, during the meeting, we discussed how to strengthen relationships...
According to the Russian Foreign Minister, the Kiev regime shows that it is not interested in a “sustainable and lasting” peace agreement. Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has marked the key points of Moscow’s position in resolving the Ukrainian conflict and reaffirmed his country’s commitment to finding a reliable and secure solution. He stressed that Moscow has always been in favour of “an honest dialogue.” He recalled that “the princ…
Russia's Foreign Minister is a master of lies, deception and self-deception, who, with all his talents and talents, has made himself available to the Putin system.
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