Diplomacy

Updated Aug. 5, 2022 2:15 pm ET A senior Kremlin official said Moscow was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington that people familiar with the matter say could see U.S. women’s basketball star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan traded for a Russian arms dealer imprisoned in…

Author of the article: MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the United States had made no approaches to resume talks on a new strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty to replace the so called 2011 “New START” deal. U.S. President Joe Biden said he was ready…

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…

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a visit to the Office of Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia, July 18, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) - Russia has not been approached formally by Washington about a phone call between U.S. Secretary of State Antony…

Ukrainian military leaders are increasingly focused on retaking Kherson, the southern region that has been under Russian control since the war’s early weeks, and Kyiv’s forces have begun laying the foundation for a major counteroffensive there, officials have said in recent days. Here’s the latest on the Russian invasion of…

The Kremlin said Monday that a strike on the Ukrainian port town of Odesa would not impact grain exports as it only hit military targets. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered reassurances over Russian grain supplies to Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, amid uncertainty over a deal…

Author of the article: CAIRO — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered reassurances over Russian grain supplies to Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, amid uncertainty over a deal to resume Ukrainian exports from the Black Sea. Egypt is one of the world’s top wheat importers and last…

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Ukrainian forces on Wednesday damaged a bridge that is key to supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine, where Russia's foreign minister said Moscow is trying to consolidate its territorial gains.  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state-controlled RT television and the RIA Novosti news agency that Russia plans to retain control…