Sergei Lavrov
Sergei Lavrov
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrovis a Russian diplomat, and is currently the Foreign Minister of Russia, in office since 2004...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth21 March 1950
CountryRussian Federation
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Russia probably knows the true cost of revolutions better than most other countries.
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Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation.
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Saddam Hussein was the one person after whom the United States went, and they ruined the country.
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Russia is doing all it can to promote early stabilisation in Ukraine.
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Russia has every reason to dispose of its nuclear arsenal... to suit its interests and international legal obligations.
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Russia has done more than any other country to support the independent Ukrainian state, including for many years subsidising its economy through low energy prices.
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Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers.
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Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed.
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Russia and the U.S. have unique experience in ensuring the safety and security of nuclear material.
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Russia and the U.S. bear a special responsibility in world affairs. We have much to offer the rest of the world. Our common history testifies to this, and modern challenges demand that we work together.
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Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts are counterproductive and contradict the norms and principles of international law.
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We feel no isolation. But, having said that, I want to emphasise in particular that we do not want to go to extremes and abandon the European and American directions in our foreign economic cooperation.
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You either deny terrorists any acceptance in the international life, or you make your double standard policy work the way it has been working - 'I don't like that guy in this country, so we will be calling him a dictator and topple him. This guy in another country also dictatorial, but he's our dictator.'
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Washington has openly declared its right to unilateral use of force anywhere to uphold its own interests.