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  1. Mar 2, 2022 · MOSCOW (AP) — As Russia’s top diplomat during the invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture with a mixture of toughness and sarcasm.

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    Putin's obsessive centralization of power has left Lavrov and the Foreign Ministry much diminished. Foreign policy has been fragmented between various Kremlin factions, Galeotti said, with Moscow's direction more influenced by Putin's main foreign adviser Yuri Ushakov than by Moscow's chief diplomat. "It's the Defense Ministry that runs policy towa...

    Despite reported oppositionto the ongoing war among Russia's political and business elite, few are brave enough to break with Putin. Lavrov is rumored to have wanted to resign for years, with reports and experts suggesting he has repeatedly been blocked by Putin from doing so. "Lavrov is not young—he's 73—and his job is not very easy; constant trav...

    So long at the top also breeds self-importance. "When you are a minister for almost 20 years, you get used to thinking you are the best man to do this job, and whoever comes next after you may not be fit for the job," Bondarev said. "You cannot just leave. You must continue to press forward. I don't think he was very happy about this war. I think n...

  2. Jan 16, 2024 · MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday hosted North Koreas Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui for talks on expanding ties between the countries amid international concerns over an alleged arms cooperation deal between Pyongyang and Moscow.

  3. Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov (Russian: Владимир Сергеевич Лавров; 4 October, 1919 – 7 June, 2011) was a Soviet diplomat and ambassador. Lavrov graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and defended a habilitation in historical ...

  4. Jun 16, 2022 · Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, Mr Lavrov has given only a few interviews to Western media. He repeated the official Kremlin line that there were Nazis in Ukraine.

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  5. Dec 27, 2022 · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has given Ukraine an ultimatum: Fulfil Moscow’s demands — including surrendering Ukrainian territory that Russia now controls — or the Russian army will...

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  7. Dec 31, 2021 · Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, warned on Friday that the Kremlin perceives the United States and its allies as stoking the war in eastern Ukraine, a shift in tone from Moscow just...