Diplomacy

Russia’s foreign minister on Sunday condemned Western “hype" over the arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges, dismissing Washington’s latest call for his release and saying his fate would be decided in court. In a rare call from his US counterpart Antony Blinken, Sergei Lavrov said Gershkovich had…

A clip of veteran Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sparking laughter after claiming Ukraine was to blame for Vladimir Putin's invasion has gone viral. During an event in New Delhi, where he had been taking part in talks among the G20 group of industrialized nations, Lavrov struggled to get to…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a brief encounter on the G20 foreign ministers meeting’s sidelines in India NEW DELHI, India – The United States and its European allies sparred with Russia over the war in Ukraine at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers…

Updated March 2, 2023 at 6:01 p.m. EST|Published March 2, 2023 at 2:40 a.m. EST A destroyed Russian tank in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Wednesday. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images)Secretary of State Antony Blinken met briefly with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a Group of…

Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov held talks in Khartoum Thursday with Sudanese officials, pledging support for their call to lift long-standing UN sanctions on the African nation. Lavrov's two-day visit is part of Russian efforts to shore up influence on the African continent amid broad international attempts to isolate Moscow…

Russian FM Lavrov meets Mauritania counterpart Merzoug and President Ghazouani Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Mauritania on Wednesday, holding talks with his colleague Salem Ould Merzoug and President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation across a wide range of areas, as well as regional and international…

CHISINAU, Moldova: Tensions have been running high in pro-Western Moldova after allegations of Moscow’s attempts to destabilize the country came to light last week. Facing multiple crises aggravated by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the impoverished former Soviet republic of 2.6 million people wedged between Romania and Ukraine these days has…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the U.S. on Thursday of being involved in the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea last September. In an interview on state TV, Lavrov said remarks made by U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland…

MANILA: The murder of a Filipina worker whose body was found in a desert in Kuwait has sent a shockwave through the Philippines, where a two-week vigil will begin after her remains return to the country on Friday. Jullebee Ranara, 35, was one of more than 268,000 overseas Filipino workers…

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sergei Lavrov is welcomed by South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor ahead of their meeting at the OR Tambo Building in Pretoria on Jan. 23.PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP/Getty Images South Africa will join Russia in pushing for a “redesigned global order” in which a greater role…