Sergei Lavrov

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

Rubio said that it was a challenge to find an "end that both sides can accept," but that the US is "prepared to play that role in a positive way."

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.
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

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Poltava region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released June 27, 2026.

US top diplomat in Kyiv resigns as Russia calls for 'clarity' on US role in frozen peace talks

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with the Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (2nd R) in St. Petersburg, Russia on April 27, 2026.

Araghchi visit highlights Iran-Russia coordination during US-Iran conflict tensions


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

Russia claims Israel supports neo-Nazis in Ukraine after Lavrov-Hitler flap

The claim comes a day after Israeli leaders lambasted the Russian foreign minister for claiming Hitler had Jewish origins.

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

Bennett to Lavrov: Stop using Holocaust as political battering ram

Foreign Ministry summons Russian ambassador over Lavrov’s claim Hitler was Jewish, comparison to Zelensky.

 FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, meet in Moscow last month.