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
became early federation food found huge lack money ourselves problems russian situation soviet starting union
We have been getting out of the situation where we found ourselves in the early '90s, when the Soviet Union disappeared and the Russian Federation became what it is - you know, with no borders, with no budget, no money, and with huge problems starting with lack of food and so on and so forth.
board discussion issue key meeting
This will be the key issue of the discussion during a meeting under the IAEA Board of Governors.
against assault comrades contingent georgian joined russian serving
When the Georgian army started this assault against the sleeping city of Tskhinvali, the Georgian peacekeepers, serving in one contingent with their Russian friends, joined the army and started killing the Russian comrades in arms.
believe
We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.
arms britain maybe russian states united
I know that Britain and the United States and others ship arms in the Middle East, 10 or maybe 100 times more than the Russian does.
air crimes defensive war
I don't think you can perpetrate war crimes with defensive weapons, with air defense systems.
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I can only say that I have good personal relations with all secretaries of state with whom I have a chance to work.
I can only say it is not for us to decide who should lead Syria. It is for the Syrians to decide.
causes either experience historical shows
Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences.
frankly steady ukrainian
Frankly speaking, we don't see any other way for the steady development of the Ukrainian state apart from as a federation.
country
Every country has its political face and political traditions.
channels quite tv views
Even the state TV channels are not monolithic in their pro-government line, and the views they express are quite pluralistic.
doctrine form given
Do not form your judgment about our military doctrine from the assessments given by NATO representatives.
law nuclear possess state zone
Crimea was not a non-nuclear zone in an international law sense but was part of Ukraine, a state which doesn't possess nuclear arms.