Diplomacy

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will fly to Turkey's Antalya on Wednesday to attend a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday, she said. IANS India Published: Wednesday, 09 March 2022 Last updated: 09 March 2022, 10:44 PM IST Russia Wants More Talks With Ukraine: Kremlin Moscow is…

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has warned that a third world war “will be nuclear and destructive.” Lavrov noted that the Russian government was ready for the second round of talks but that had not happened because the Ukrainian government was delaying the process based on advice from the West…

Debris from a downed aircraft in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. Ukraine’s military on Friday was waging a fierce battle to push Russian forces back from Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, a day after a vicious fight that littered the highway leading into the city with burned-out Russian troop carriers and…

The European Union has adopted a new package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions, announced on Thursday, target the financial, energy and transport sectors. While Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have been added to the list of individuals who will have…

The European Union hit Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with sanctions, officials announced on Friday, as the bloc adopted a second package of sanctions on Russia over its attack on Ukraine. The EU will freeze any assets of Mr. Putin and Mr. Lavrov in the bloc…

The European Union and United Kingdom have frozen the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as part of a new tranche of sanctions punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Why it matters: The moves reflect Moscow's new pariah status but are mostly symbolic, as…

Topline The Biden Administration said Friday it will slap sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, following announcements of sanctions on the two earlier in the day by the European Union and the United Kingdom in response to Moscow’s attack on Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Ukraine declared a state of emergency on Wednesday and told its citizens in Russia to immediately come home, while Moscow began evacuating its Kyiv embassy and the West responded with further sanctions, in the latest ominous signs of an all-out Russian military onslaught. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded…

Secretary of State Tony Blinken announced on Tuesday that he had canceled a planned meeting on Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov due to Russia's move into eastern Ukraine. Why it matters: While Blinken said he remained "committed to diplomacy," the channels through which U.S. and European officials had…

Vladimir Putin will oversee massive nuclear drills tomorrow as Western leaders meet to discuss preventing Russia from invading Ukraine. The Russian president will personally monitor the exercise carried out by Russia's nuclear forces on Saturday, which will involve the launch of multiple ballistic and cruise missiles, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov…