Diplomacy

Russia issued a warning Saturday to NATO powers that are considering firmer responses to alleged Russian incursions, as Ukraine said it for the first time received a US-made Patriot system from Israel to ramp up defences. Several European countries say Russian fighter jets and drones have violated their airspace over…

Vladimir Putin taunted the West yesterday as a fleet of drones caused Danish airports to close, and Germany warned that its satellites were being shadowed. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accused Nato and the EU of declaring war on Russia after Copenhagen blamed a 'state actor' for a second night…

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Sunday that a group of nations including United Nations Security Council members should be the guarantors of Ukraine's security. Reuters reported last week that President Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern…

Russia on Friday ruled out an immediate meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as diplomatic tension with him escalated and US mediation efforts appeared to stall. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said “no meeting” between President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky was planned, as Nato chief Mark Rutte visited Kyiv, largely…

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Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza Party, has written an open letter to the Russian ambassador to Hungary, protesting a recent statement issued by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. As we wrote earlier, the Hungarian state news agency MTI recently published—without criticism—a statement from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service claiming…

(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held calls on Saturday with his Turkish and Hungarian counterparts, the Russian foreign ministry said, hours after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents yielded no deal on ending the warin Ukraine. President Donald Trump, who hosted President Vladimir Putinin Alaska on Friday…

Synopsis Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to meet with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on August 21, according to Lavrov's ministry. This meeting occurs amidst strengthened relations between Moscow and New Delhi, particularly after the U.S. imposed higher tariffs on Indian imports due to its purchases of Russian…

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Syria's foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani in Moscow on Thursday, the first visit by a top official from Syria's new government since the toppling of longtime Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in December. Lavrov said Moscow would like Syria's…