Sergei Lavrov

Europe 'waging war' on Russia through weapons supply to Ukraine, FM Lavrov says

"I have no doubt that this is a war Europe is waging against us," Lavrov told reporters, citing Europe's supply of weapons to Ukraine.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, September 11, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi attend a signing ceremony following their talks in Moscow on December 17, 2025. (Illustartive)

Russian, Iranian foreign ministers say only diplomatic solution to conflict around Iran

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers Meeting in Pasay, Metro Manila, on July 23, 2026.

Kremlin warns against optimism on peace after Rubio, Lavrov meet in Manila

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio walks from a vehicle before departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on July 19, 2026.

Russia bans nighttime vessel movement at Novorossiysk port, industry sources say


Russia's Lavrov condemns Israeli missile strikes on Syria

Israel hit Iranian targets in a series of strikes near Assad's ancestral home region and also close to Russia's main Syrian bases on the coast.

Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia August 23, 2022.

US Secretary of State Blinken says he'll speak with Russian FM Lavrov about Griner, Whelan

Russia's Tass news agency responded that it has not been formally approached by Washington about a call between Blinken and Lavrov.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 25, 2021.

US' Blinken challenges G20 to hold Russia accountable for Ukraine war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov left the afternoon G20 session after giving his remarks and did not wait to hear other remarks.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a meeting with Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 8, 2022

Will Turkey invade northern Syria again?

BEHIND THE LINES: Whether the Turkish incursion in the end happens or not, the diplomatic positioning around this issue is itself informative.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Wednesday.

Russia's Lavrov to meet with ministers of Gulf countries in Riyadh

Lavrov is expected to meet with ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar in the GCC headquarters in Riyadh

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference after his talks with representatives of Arab League nations, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022.

Russia 'blackmails' world with food crisis to lift sanctions - Ukraine, EU, US

Western officials have accused Russia of weaponizing the food crisis to push other states to end their sanctions.

 Ears of wheat are seen in a field near the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine, July 14, 2016.

Is there basis to Lavrov's comments on Hitler, Judaism and antisemitism? - opinion

Russia's Sergei Lavrov said that Hitler was Jewish and that some of history's worst antisemites were Jewish.

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference after his talks with representatives of Arab League nations, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022.

Kabbalah and antisemitism: A condemnation of Lavrov's comment

Eduard Shyfrin condemns the statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference after his talks with representatives of Arab League nations, in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2022.

Will Lavrov's ‘Hitler’ comments change Israel’s Ukraine policy?

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Lavrov’s ‘unforgivable’ remarks and the back-and-forth between Jerusalem and Moscow revealed strains in Israel’s cautious policy on the Ukraine war.

 RUSSIAN FOREIGN Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Israeli counterpart, Yair Lapid, enter a hall during a meeting in Moscow, last year in friendlier times.

Russian chief rabbi: ‘It would be nice’ if Russia’s Lavrov apologized for Hitler comments

Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar called Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s remarks Sunday "shocking." This is unusual in Russia, where other clergy have been supportive of the war in Ukraine.

Adolf Hitler (R) with Commander-in-Chief of the German Army Walther von Brauchitsch, Warsaw, October 1939