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Disagreements regarding the war in Ukraine ruins G20 talks

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Russia’s war in Ukraine has dominated G20 discussions. With India claiming there will be no common statement. India’s G20 presidency has focused on issues that unite the Global South. Russia’s war in Ukraine has dominated G20 discussions, with hosts India claiming that there will be no common statement as a result of the heated confrontations. … Read more

Russian FM Sergei Lavrov compares US approach to Russia with Adolf Hitler’s ‘final solution’

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Sergei Lavrov claimed that the US and Europe are trying to address “the Russian question”. The Holocaust resulted in the methodical killing of 6 million Jews and other minorities. Lavrov’s comments about Hitler last year sparked a global uproar. The White House sharply rebuked the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday after he claimed … Read more

West failing to keep promise to facilitate Russian food exports says Lavrov

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Sergei Lavrov says the West is failing to keep its promise to help Russian food and fertiliser exports reach global markets. The pledge was part of a July deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to end a blockade on grain exports from Ukraine’s southern ports. Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Tuesday … Read more

Russian FM Sergei Lavrov to visit Myanmar

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Russia and its ally China were accused of providing Myanmar’s regime with weaponry used to assault civilians. More than 1,500 citizens have been slain by the military since the coup on February 1, 2021. MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will fly to Myanmar on Wednesday for consultations with the country’s junta officials according to … Read more

Lavrov criticizes West’s position towards Africa during Ethiopia visit

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. Moscow upheld Ethiopia’s endeavors to balance out inside. Political circumstance in comments looked to draw a difference. Lavrov was in Addis Ababa wrapping up a four-country African visit pointed toward scrounging up help for Moscow during a period of conflict. With Western controls over the Russian attack … Read more

Russia says Odessa attacks hit Western weapons

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Russian defence ministry retracts denial of responsibility for a missile attack on the Ukrainian port. Russia says missiles destroyed Ukrainian military vessels and US-supplied armaments. Russia stated its missile barrage on a Ukrainian port key to a record grain export deal had destroyed Western-supplied weapons after Ukraine’s allies protested the attack. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei … Read more

Blinken says talks with Chinese FM Wang Yi ‘candid and constructive’

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Indonesia. He expressed concern regarding Taiwan, Hong Kong, human rights, and Ukraine. He also asked China to break away from Russia and urged it to engage with the West over Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Saturday that … Read more

Russia attend a G20 summit that will be dominated by Ukraine crisis

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The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting goes until Friday in Bali, Indonesia. Russia’s Sergei Lavrov will meet for the first time with vocal opponents of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. US and European officials have said the meeting won’t be “business as usual”. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Bali, Indonesia, on Thursday in advance of … Read more

Russian FM Lavrov: Putin-Macron call leak violated ‘diplomatic etiquette’

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Moscow had nothing to be ashamed of in the conversation between the two leaders, according to Sergei Lavrov. Lavrov is in Vietnam for two days on the tenth anniversary of the “comprehensive strategic partnership” between the two countries. HANOI: Russian FM Sergei Lavrov stated on Wednesday that the release of a phone conversation between President … Read more

Iran says ‘serious’ about reaching revived nuclear deal

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Iran says it remains “serious” about reviving a nuclear deal with major powers that would end economic sanctions. Russia was a party to the original 2015 deal that gave Iran relief from sanctions in return for UN-monitored limits. It has taken part in on-off talks that opened in Vienna in April last year on bringing … Read more

Russia fully supports revival of Iran nuclear deal

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Iran has demanded that all sanctions against the country must be lifted to revive the accord, a top Iranian diplomat said. The talks between Iran and the United States have been stalled since March. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Tehran for a visit. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated Thursday, after meetings with … Read more

Russia FM Sergei Lavrov heads to Iran for negotiations

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Sergei Lavrov is to visit Iran to discuss how to improve trade and energy ties between the two countries. Both are dealing with economic sanctions from the West, and both have enormous oil and gas reserves. Russia’s economy was hit with sanctions after its invasion of Ukraine, while Iran has suffered under US sanctions. TEHRAN: … Read more

Russia downplays role of Ukraine conflict in food crisis

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Russia and Ukraine produce 30 percent of the global wheat supply. The current situation with Ukrainian grain has nothing to do with the food crisis. Russia and Ukraine produce 30 percent of the global wheat supply.   Russia denied on Wednesday that grain stranded in Ukrainian ports was fueling a global food crisis, as Moscow pressed … Read more

Turkey says lifting of Russian sanctions on grain exports ‘legitimate’

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Turkey and Russia call for an end to sanctions to let Ukrainian grain enter global market. Sanctions imposed on Moscow’s financial system have hampered Russian grain and fertiliser exports. Cavusoglu offered to organise a meeting to examine the UN plan’s contents in Istanbul. Turkey’s foreign minister termed Russian requests for an end to sanctions to … Read more

Russia FM Lavrov cancels trip to Serbia 

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Serbia has criticised Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, but not condemned its military action in Syria. It has not joined the European Union in slapping sanctions on Moscow. Officials say Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov was forced to abandon a visit to Serbia after many of his neighbours refused to let his plane pass through their … Read more

Russia takes ‘half’ of key city as EU clinches oil deal

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Russian forces had taken control of half of eastern Ukraine’s key city of Severodonetsk, A senior official said Tuesday, while EU leaders were divided on whether to ban Russian gas after agreeing to embargo most of its oil. Meanwhile, Ukraine has been conducting an investigation into war crimes since the Russian invasion. Officials said thousands of … Read more

President Putin is sick; Russia’s FM denies rumors 

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President Putin is sick; Russia’s FM denies rumors  Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has denied bits of gossip that President Putin is sick, Russia’s TASS news organization has detailed. “You can watch him on screens, read and pay attention to his talks,” Lavrov said in a meeting on French TV, as per TASS “I don’t … Read more

Lavrov says West declared Russia on ‘total war’

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As Moscow continues its military campaign in Ukraine, Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western countries of committing a “total war” on Russia, its people, and culture. “The West has declared war on us, on the whole Russian world. The culture of cancelling Russia and everything connected with our country is already reaching the point … Read more

Putin, did you apologize to Israel for Hitler remarks? what Kremlin said

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The Kremlin refused to disclose on Friday whether President Vladimir Putin had apologised to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett following Russia’s foreign minister’s claim that Adolf Hitler had Jewish ancestors. Israel slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the comments, calling them an “unforgivable” lie that downplayed the Holocaust’s atrocities. Bennett stated on Thursday that … Read more

Sanctions relief for Moscow

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Kyiv: The lifting of sanctions placed on Russia is part of peace talks between Moscow and Ukraine, which are “tough” but ongoing on a daily basis, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in statements published early Saturday. On Friday, Kyiv warned that discussions to terminate Russia’s invasion, which is now in its third month, … Read more

Tensions rise as West shifts decisively behind Ukraine

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Despite the risk of a direct conflict with Russia, the West altered gears in its backing for Ukraine this week, becoming less cautious about its military support and more clear in its war goals. “We want to see Russia diminished to the point where it can’t do the types of things it did in invading … Read more

Erdogan tells Putin ‘ready to take initative’ on Ukraine

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Ankara was capable to do more to end the war situation in Ukraine after helping arrange a Russian-US prisoner swap. Erdogan’s official stated that Putin “thanked” the Turkish leader on a  phone call for help, to put together Wednesday’s exchange of ex-Marine Trevor … Read more

Russia’s Lavrov warns of ‘real’ danger of World War III

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated Monday that peace talks with Ukraine would preserve, whilst warning there was a “actual” threat of World War III. Speaking to Russian information companies, he criticized Kyiv’s method of the talks, adding: “Good will has its limits. But if it isn’t reciprocal, that doesn’t help the negotiation technique. “But … Read more

UK probes ‘Russian hack’ targeting army recruits

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The UK defense ministry said Tuesday it was investigating a suggested hack by means of Russia of its pc systems focused on more than one hundred army recruits. The Daily Mail reported that the hack changed into “feared to be a Russian agent” with the purpose of concentrating on the recruits “as potential sellers inside … Read more

Blinken says Putin not ‘serious’ about Ukraine diplomacy

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown no seriousness about international relations to end the Ukraine conflict, notwithstanding a series of worldwide efforts. “We’ve seen no sign to date that President Putin is serious about meaningful negotiations,” Blinken told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. While the United States … Read more

UN leader in Moscow urges a cease-fire 

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MOSCOW: During a visit to Moscow on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was searching for methods to bring the violence in Ukraine to a halt as soon as feasible. “We are extremely interested in finding ways in order to create the conditions for effective dialogue, create the conditions for a ceasefire as soon … Read more

Putin to meet with UN chief Guterres in Russia next week: Kremlin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will next week maintain talks with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Russia, the Kremlin said on Friday. The statement turned into made on the 58th day of Moscow’s army campaign in Ukraine, with heaps killed and greater than 12 million displaced human beings, in Europe’s worst refugee disaster on the … Read more