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# Sergei Lavrov

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2023
Moscow threatens to abandon Ukraine grain deal if global block on Russian exports continues
Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, is in Turkey to meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
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Apr 7th 2023, 1:55 PM
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Ukraine must demilitarise or Russia ‘will solve the issue’, says Lavrov
The Russian foreign minister also accused the West of fuelling the war in Ukraine to weaken Russia.
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Dec 27th 2022, 5:22 PM
US and Russian envoys gather for G20 meeting amid calls to end war in Ukraine
The G20 meeting is being held in Indonesia, with the US set to reopen dialogue with China.
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Jul 8th 2022, 7:46 AM
Moscow furious as foreign minister cancels Serbia visit after neighbours close airspace
Bulgaria, Macedonia and Montenegro refused a request for Sergei Lavrov’s plane to pass through their airspaces.
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Jun 6th 2022, 5:30 PM
Israeli PM Bennet ‘accepts apology from Putin over Hitler remarks’
Russia’s foreign minister made comments about the Holocaust that were deeply offensive to Jews.
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May 5th 2022, 7:55 PM
Russia ready for more talks to end Ukraine standoff
It comes as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is visiting Ukraine, urged Moscow “to take up the existing offers of dialogue”.
The US has warned that Moscow could invade Ukraine at any moment.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Kyiv for crisis talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Scholz plans to continue on to Russia to hold talks with Putin.
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Feb 14th 2022, 10:41 PM
Moscow meeting: Lavrov 'disappointed' with talks as Truss asks for 'Cold War rhetoric' to be dropped
Translations of what Sergei said indicate that he described their meeting like “a mute person talking to a deaf person”.
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Feb 10th 2022, 5:02 PM
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Russia warns of return to 'nightmare scenario of military confrontation' over Ukraine
Ukraine’s goal of re-taking Crimea has been described as “a direct threat to Russia.”
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Dec 2nd 2021, 11:50 AM
Police ask military to help remove objects from scene where former spy was found unconscious
Russia has said the claim it poisoned Sergei Skripal is ‘propaganda’.
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Mar 9th 2018, 11:45 AM
Russian Foreign Minister dismisses US election meddling probe as 'blabber'
“So as long as we don’t see facts, everything else is blabber.”
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Feb 17th 2018, 1:10 PM
'Too little, too late' - Syrian army halts shelling of Aleppo to allow trapped civilians to leave
The Syrian Army said it has halted bombing yesterday.
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Dec 9th 2016, 6:51 AM
German woman kidnapped in Syria while pregnant has been released with her baby
The pair were released yesterday and had safely crossed the border into Turkey, a ministry spokeswoman said.
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Sep 29th 2016, 10:39 PM
Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad has agreed to a US-Russia ceasefire deal
The two powers could launch joint airstrikes against Islamist jihadists if the deal holds.
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Sep 10th 2016, 5:51 PM
The Pope, Russia and America are all calling for efforts to de-escalate Ukraine crisis
Russia has vowed to help secure the release of abducted OSCE observers.
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Apr 26th 2014, 6:12 PM
Agreed ... Ukraine, Russia, the US and EU have reached a surprise deal in Geneva
The four parties have agreed on a way forward following half a day of talks, including a call to disband armed groups that have taken over buildings.
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Apr 17th 2014, 8:10 PM
'No common vision': Last-ditch US-Russia talks on Crimea end in failure
The talks between John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov “did not find common ground” according to US officials.
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Mar 14th 2014, 7:25 PM
Kerry meeting Russian foreign minister in bid to calm Ukraine tensions
America’s top diplomat said last night that Moscow was looking for a “pretext” to invade Ukraine further.
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Mar 5th 2014, 8:39 AM
Putin calls end to 'military exercises' as Kerry heads to Kiev
The Russian President has called an end to the drill near Ukraine’s border involving army, navy and airforce troops.
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Mar 4th 2014, 7:51 AM
Russia in ground-breaking talks with Syrian opposition
The development brings with it a glimmer of hope for the end of the bloody conflict.
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Feb 3rd 2013, 9:26 AM
Hillary Clinton to give human rights speech at DCU
The US Secretary of State will deliver an address in the Helix this Thursday.
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Dec 3rd 2012, 3:00 PM
Syria: Rebels target government aircraft after seizing air defence building
A total of 125 people killed in violence nationwide on Friday including 74 civilians, 29 soldiers and 22 rebels according to one report.
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Sep 1st 2012, 12:49 PM
Russia vetoes UN statement on Syrian killings - again
Russia puts a hold on a Security Council statement declaring the Treimsa attacks to be a “violation” of the ceasefire.
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Jul 16th 2012, 9:19 PM
Russia says foreign partners in 'blackmail' over Syria
Moscow has rejected attempts by the West to pressure it into supporting a UN resolution on Syria.
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Jul 16th 2012, 11:16 AM
Civil war declared in Syria as fighting escalates
Meanwhile, the UN is pressing China and Russia to back tougher action against Bashar Assad.
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Jul 16th 2012, 9:16 AM
Syrian regime troops shell rebels in mountains
There has been more heavy fighting as Russia called for an international conference to resolve the conflict.
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Jun 10th 2012, 11:36 AM
Al-Qaeda chief urges outside help for Syria rebels
Ayman al-Zawahri calls on Muslims elsewhere in the Arab World to join the uprising against Syrian president Bashar Assad.
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Feb 12th 2012, 10:28 AM
Syria: 28 killed in Aleppo bomb blasts
Bashar Assad’s forces continue to bombard the city of Homs as the government said that military complexes in the economically important city of Aleppo had been targeted today.
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Feb 10th 2012, 5:30 PM
Over a dozen dead as shelling of Syrian city of Homs continues
Scores of people have died in the last week alone as UN chief Ban Ki Moon said that the failure to agree a resolution on Syria at the UN Security Council has been “disastrous”.
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Feb 9th 2012, 8:53 AM
Syria: Dozens reported dead as shelling of Homs continues
The violence comes despite more assurances from president Bashar Assad to end the bombardment and start dialogue with rebel fighters.
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Feb 8th 2012, 9:08 AM
Syria: Shelling resumes in Homs as Russian foreign minister due for talks
Sergei Lavrov is in Damascus today but has remained tight-lipped about what he will tell Syrian officials after Russia’s veto of a UN resolution last week.
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Feb 7th 2012, 7:57 AM