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Russia Would Agree to Talks to End Ukraine War on These Conditions: Kremlin Diplomacy

Russia Would Agree to Talks to End Ukraine War on These Conditions: Kremlin

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signaled the Kremlin could be ready to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war so long as the West meets certain conditions. Lavrov's remarks come more than eight months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the "special military operation" in Ukraine on February 24. Although…
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October 30, 2022
Russia vows “full protection” to territories annexed from Ukraine Diplomacy

Russia vows “full protection” to territories annexed from Ukraine

Russia will offer "full protection" to the Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine that vote in referendums to join Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference Saturday. Why it matters: Decried by Ukrainian and Western officials as a "sham," the referendums are taking place from Friday through Tuesday…
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September 25, 2022
TENSION IN TRANSDNIESTRIA: Russia warns Moldova not to threaten its troops in breakaway region Diplomacy

TENSION IN TRANSDNIESTRIA: Russia warns Moldova not to threaten its troops in breakaway region

A picture made with a drone shows a fire of a dye storage in Chisinau, Moldova, 21 April 2021. (Photo: EPA-EFE / DUMITRU DORU) Russia has stationed peacekeeping troops in Transdniestria since the early 1990s, when an armed conflict saw pro-Russian separatists wrest most of the region from Moldovan control.…
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September 2, 2022
Africa: Lavrov’s Four-Nation Charm Offensive Intensifies New Scramble for Africa Diplomacy

Africa: Lavrov’s Four-Nation Charm Offensive Intensifies New Scramble for Africa

Last week, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, paid a visit to Africa. As the west attempts to isolate Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February, African countries are not equally enthusiastic about western sanctions against Moscow. French President Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to…
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July 30, 2022