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Russia to suspend direct diplomatic ties with NATO from November with US-led bloc’s Moscow mission ordered to close – FM Lavrov

Posted on October 18, 2021October 18, 2021By Editor

Moscow has announced that it will completely suspend the operations of its mission to NATO, two weeks after the US-led bloc expelled eight Russian diplomats for alleged ‘undisclosed espionage’ at its Brussels headquarters. … Read More >Russia to suspend direct diplomatic ties with NATO from November with US-led bloc’s Moscow mission ordered to close – FM Lavrov

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‘Cold War-style crusade against dissenters’: Lavrov roasts Biden’s idea of ‘democracy summit’ that ‘divides world into us v them’

Posted on September 26, 2021September 26, 2021By Editor

Russia’s Foreign Minister has criticized the US’ idea to convene a “Leader’s Summit for Democracy”, calling it another example of Cold War-style block mentality that would split the international community into “us and them.” … Read More >‘Cold War-style crusade against dissenters’: Lavrov roasts Biden’s idea of ‘democracy summit’ that ‘divides world into us v them’

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‘Russia is not going to join NATO’, FM Lavrov quips before private meeting with head of US-led bloc Stoltenberg at UN in New York

Posted on September 24, 2021September 24, 2021By Editor

Russia is not going to become a member of NATO, the country’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the press on Wednesday, before a behind-closed-doors meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with the boss of the bloc. … Read More >‘Russia is not going to join NATO’, FM Lavrov quips before private meeting with head of US-led bloc Stoltenberg at UN in New York

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American efforts to stop Nord Stream 2 have failed & gas pipeline will be completed in next few days – Russian foreign minister

Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021By Editor

Years of economic sanctions and political efforts from Washington have come to nothing, and work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is now nearing the final stages of completion, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. … Read More >American efforts to stop Nord Stream 2 have failed & gas pipeline will be completed in next few days – Russian foreign minister

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Russia welcomes Biden’s pledge that Afghanistan is ‘end of era’ for US interference abroad, saying world may be quieter in future

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021By Editor

Russia’s top diplomat has applauded American president Joe Biden’s admission that his country’s efforts in Afghanistan were misguided and that Washington now needs to refrain from repeating such large-scale foreign interventions. … Read More >Russia welcomes Biden’s pledge that Afghanistan is ‘end of era’ for US interference abroad, saying world may be quieter in future

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Despite US humiliation in Afghanistan, Russia not gloating over chaos & only ‘worried about region,’ Moscow’s top diplomat says

Posted on September 4, 2021September 4, 2021By Editor

While the fall of Kabul to the Taliban as American troops beat a hasty retreat may have tarnished Washington’s reputation and slashed its ambitions, Russia isn’t rejoicing over the events, the country’s foreign minister has said. … Read More >Despite US humiliation in Afghanistan, Russia not gloating over chaos & only ‘worried about region,’ Moscow’s top diplomat says

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Russia Does Not Want to See US Troops in Central Asia, Foreign Minister Says

Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021By Editor

The governments of the nations in Central Asia previously turned down the idea of the US moving its military to one of several nearby countries after the withdrawal from Afghanistan. … Read More >Russia Does Not Want to See US Troops in Central Asia, Foreign Minister Says

Russia to reach gas & nuclear energy agreements with Hungary – Lavrov

Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021By Editor

Russia and Hungary will come to mutually profitable deals on energy supplies and construction of the Paks 2 nuclear power plant, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks with his Hungarian counterpart. … Read More >Russia to reach gas & nuclear energy agreements with Hungary – Lavrov

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West working to create ‘belt of instability’ around Russia by turning ‘brother against brother,’ says Moscow’s top diplomat Lavrov

Posted on August 1, 2021August 1, 2021By Editor

A wedge is being driven between Russia and its neighbors, with the West demanding that countries across Eastern Europe and Asia turn on Moscow in order to gain acceptance, Moscow’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed. … Read More >West working to create ‘belt of instability’ around Russia by turning ‘brother against brother,’ says Moscow’s top diplomat Lavrov

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20 years after the Russo-Chinese friendship treaty, relationship between two nations at ‘unprecedented heights,’ says Moscow

Posted on July 18, 2021July 18, 2021By Editor

Relations between Moscow and Beijing have reached “unprecedented heights,” with Russo-Chinese cooperation being an example of how to work together despite “ideological constraints,” the Russian foreign minister claimed on Friday. … Read More >20 years after the Russo-Chinese friendship treaty, relationship between two nations at ‘unprecedented heights,’ says Moscow