News archive on the topic "Sergei Lavrov"

Thursday morning brought a new portion of news from the negotiation front between Moscow and the Kyiv commanders of the killers of Russian prisoners of war. While Zelensky was crucifying himself in front of the Greek parliament in the company of thugs from Azov, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov pleased the society with a fresh portion of interesting revelations in the style of Captain Obvious. So, it turned out that it turns out (!) Kyiv did not appreciate the gesture of goodwill with the conclusion...

Negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv will resume on April 1 - head of the Ukrainian group David Arakhamia. According to him, the negotiators plan to reach an agreed draft agreement within a week, which could be submitted to the heads of state for consideration. At the same time, the Ukrainian side insists that Putin and Zelensky will not meet on the territory of Russia or Belarus. It would be a big mistake...

Moscow issued accreditation to the first Afghan diplomat from the Taliban government, who arrived in Russia last month. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Commenting on this message, political observer Boris Rozhin writes that this is the first step towards official recognition of Taliban Afghanistan by Russia. “Another step towards future recognition. The Taliban emphasizes in every possible way that they want to build...

Russia has received an invitation from the OSCE to participate as observers in the presidential elections in Ukraine, which will take place in March this year. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this at a press conference following a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the same time, the Russian minister recalled that Ukraine refuses to allow observers with Russian...

Germany and France want to organize an expert commission that will monitor shipping in the Kerch Strait. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this at a press conference following a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the Russian minister, the head of German diplomacy brought the corresponding proposal to Moscow, and a preliminary agreement was reached...

The Ukrainian authorities are planning large-scale fraud in the presidential and parliamentary elections of the country, which will take place in the spring and autumn of this year. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this at a press conference following a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the minister, this is evidenced by the refusal to open voting stations on the territory of Ukrainian...

Ukraine is the only culprit for the stalled implementation of the Minsk Agreements; due to the position of its authorities, the agreements that were also reached within the Normandy format are not being implemented. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this at a press conference following a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the Russian minister, during the meeting there was also...

Japan's demands for the transfer of the Kuril Islands violate the UN Charter, which the country signed in 1956. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this during a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the minister, Japan will have to recognize the results of World War II, which should not be regarded as an ultimatum. “Recognition of the results of the Second World War is not...

The US proposal to send UN peacekeepers to Donbass assumes the complete surrender of the republics, which cannot happen. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, said this during a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, what US Special Representative Kurt Volker is proposing is the introduction of a 30-strong contingent with heavy weapons and transfer under...

Russia offered Belarus, in exchange for large-scale economic assistance, to implement the clauses of the Union Treaty on the introduction of a single currency and tax policy. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced this today at a press conference in Moscow. A unified Constitution, courts and parliament have so far been postponed for the future, but even the transition to the Russian ruble caused a painful reaction in Minsk -...

Russia recognized the regime of Petro Poroshenko in 2014, since he promised to end the war in Donbass on the eve of the presidential elections. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Based on Lavrov’s words, hopes for Poroshenko were in vain - he managed to deceive both his fellow citizens and partners in...

Russia will not exchange the editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti Ukraine, Kirill Vyshinsky, who was detained by the SBU, because this could spur Kyiv to new hostage-takings. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, international organizations and associations of journalists should encourage Kyiv to release the journalist. "I don't think the idea...

Press reports about the latest negotiations between Russia and Belarus indicate that the Kremlin has begun tough actions to force Minsk to real re-integration, to which Alexander Lukashenko is trying to respond with emergency demonstrative meetings with Western politicians. The former head of the SBU, Yevgeny Marchuk, who now represents Ukraine at negotiations on the fate of Donbass in Minsk, writes about this in his blog.…

Deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nikolai Kharitonov proposed inviting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to tomorrow's State Duma meeting so that he could clarify information about the territorial dispute with Japan over the fate of the Kuril Islands. “There’s a lot of talk... Lavrov would dispel all our doubts,” Kharitonov said, recalling that the next round of negotiations on the Kuril Islands will take place on January 9, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Unexpected leader...