Latest Sergey Lavrov News

Foreign minister says in interview that Russia will use 'all means' to defend its interests

Dec. 06, 2024 04:18 AM EST

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released Friday that Moscow doesn't want a war with the United States but will use “all means” to defend its interests. Sergey Lavrov argued that while Russia and the U.S. are...

Blinken and Russia's Lavrov clash on Ukraine at a security meeting in Malta

Dec. 05, 2024 20:49 PM EST

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov clashed Thursday indirectly with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at an annual security meeting, accusing the West of risking escalation over Ukraine but walking out before Blinken and other speakers could respond. ...

Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine

Nov. 19, 2024 14:13 PM EST

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday formally lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles. The new...

Brazil’s G20 summit produces a broad declaration that’s short on specifics

Nov. 18, 2024 20:27 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro produced a joint declaration Monday that, while not totally endorsed by one of the group's members, succeeded in addressing most topics host Brazil had prioritized addressing: both ongoing major wars, a global...

Russia hosts African ministers to expand ties

Nov. 09, 2024 11:58 AM EST

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Russia on Saturday opened the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in the city of Sochi, seeking to deepen ties with African nations and dispel a notion that it's isolated by Western sanctions. The conference is billed as...

North Korea's top diplomat holds talks in Moscow as Pyongyang sent troops to help the war on Ukraine

Nov. 01, 2024 09:15 AM EDT

Russia's top diplomat on Friday met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its military in the war in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui's visit to Moscow and her meeting with Russian Foreign Minister...

What to know from the UN: China, Russia have their say, and a frog metaphor makes a cameo

Sep. 28, 2024 22:42 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and Russia got their turns at the U.N. General Assembly podium on Saturday, but — per usual — their top leaders didn't speak. Instead, they turned to their foreign ministers, WANG YI and SERGEY LAVROV. Wang's speech, per usual for China at the U.N.,...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

Sep. 28, 2024 19:52 PM EDT

Smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday after the area was pummeled by heavy airstrikes that Israel said killed multiple Hezbollah commanders, including leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Lebanese militant group confirmed the death of its longtime leader, whose killing could...

Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that's full of bile toward the West

Sep. 28, 2024 17:41 PM EDT

Russia’s top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western attempts at global domination and machinations in Ukraine -- and even inside the United Nations...

China, at UN, warns against 'expansion of the battlefield' in the Ukraine war

Sep. 28, 2024 14:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Three days before his communist government turns 75, China's foreign minister warned fellow leaders Saturday against an “expansion of the battlefield” in Russia's war with Ukraine and said the Beijing government remains committed to shuttle diplomacy and efforts to push the...