'So much meddling, so little time': Vintage Lavrov at his best on Russian late-night talk show

Published time: 29 Dec, 2017 20:06 Russia’s FM has lightheartedly shared Moscow’s ‘international achievements’ with the host of a Russian satirical show. With many elections to interfere in, only the Japanese emperor managed to buy more time in power, Lavrov said. Recalling the elections in France, the Catalonia independence referendum and the Brexit vote, the […]

Russia-Mexico ties are warm… even without election meddling – Lavrov jokes in RT interview

Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 11:12 Russia enjoys warm relations with Mexico including trade and high-tech investments, and even cooperation in the UN and G20. And all of this is without Moscow meddling in Mexican elections, Russia’s foreign minister joked. Read more Speaking to RT Espanol’s Aliana Nieves on Monday, Sergey Lavrov said recent developments […]

‘Nobody in their right mind would want war on Korean Peninsula’ – Lavrov to RT

Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 09:49 Edited time: 25 Dec, 2017 09:55 Nobody in their right mind would want to start a war on the Korean Peninsula, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told RT in an exclusive interview, adding that Washington wants to strangle North Korea into submission. READ MORE: RT sits down with FM […]

US crackdown on Russian media negates rules of journalism & freedom of speech – Lavrov to RT

HomeWorld News Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 08:55 Get short URL The US crackdown on RT and other Russian media outlets was a major blow for freedom of speech and a denial of the rules of journalism, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an exclusive interview. Speaking to RT on Monday, the top diplomat said […]

No new ‘Iron Curtain’ between Russia and US – Lavrov

Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 06:11 Edited time: 25 Dec, 2017 06:53 There is no new “Iron Curtain” between Russia and the US, the Russian Foreign Minister said, predicting that relations between the two world powers will improve, though time which could have been used to mend ties has been wasted. “I don’t think that […]

Pyongyang seeks direct dialogue with Washington, Moscow ready to help – Lavrov

North Korea wants to engage directly with the US to assure its security, Russia’s foreign minister has revealed. Sergey Lavrov said he has briefed US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the developments and that Moscow is ready to “facilitate such talks.” “We know that, above all, North Korea wants to talk to the US […]

Tokyo and Seoul will fall first if there is war on Korean Peninsula – Lavrov

Published time: 3 Dec, 2017 02:50 Edited time: 3 Dec, 2017 02:50 Japan and South Korea, whom the US is trying to involve in provocations against North Korea, will become the first victims if conflict breaks out in the region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned. “While condemning Pyongyang’s nuclear missile adventurism, we cannot […]

Lavrov doesn't want 'race of bans' with US after RT's Congress accreditation revoked

Published time: 2 Dec, 2017 04:24 Edited time: 2 Dec, 2017 04:26 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he wouldn’t want a “race of bans” between Russia and the US, as the Russian State Duma mulls a tit-for-tat response to the revoking of RT’s press accreditation in Congress. The minister was speaking at a joint […]

Chemical probe in Syria can't be politicized, Lavrov tells Tillerson

Published time: 2 Nov, 2017 19:20 The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, and the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, held a phone conversation on Thursday, the ministry reported, saying that situation in Syria was among the major issues discussed. The two senior diplomats talked on joint efforts to annihilate hotbeds of terrorism in Syria, […]