In 1988, Lavrov returned to Moscow and was named Deputy Chief of the Section for International Economic Relations of the USSR. Between 1990 and 1992 he worked as Director of the International Organization of the Soviet Foreign Ministry.

Jan 14, 2025 · MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump and praised him for pointing to NATO’s plan to embrace Ukraine as a root cause of the nearly 3-year-old conflict.

Dec 6, 2024 · Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has declared that Moscow is prepared to employ "all means" to defend its interests, including advanced hypersonic weaponry, and said any war with the...

Dec 26, 2024 · How does Moscow see the completion of the special military operation? Sergey Lavrov: Regarding the Ukrainian regime’s legitimacy, President Putin made it perfectly clear during his Direct Line that the Ukrainians should act as they see fit in their country, to bring the situation in Kiev into line with the Ukrainian constitution. If they want ...

Dec 25, 2024 · Sergey Lavrov: The cheer is combative, because easing up during the New Year holidays is not an option. Some serious politicians and analysts do not rule out the possibility of provocations from Kiev’s nationalists and their Western backers during the New Year holidays and Orthodox Christmas.

Sergey Lavrov has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation since 2004. Born in Moscow in 1950, he graduated from the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Moscow State Institute of International Relations. in 1972. That same year, he began his career at the Soviet Embassy in Sri Lanka.

Born on March 21, 1950, in Moscow. 1972: graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the USSR Foreign Ministry. 1972–1976: worked at the Soviet Embassy in Sri Lanka.

Mar 2, 2022 · MOSCOW (AP) — As Russia’s top diplomat during the invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture with a mixture of toughness and sarcasm. While President Vladimir Putin single-handedly shapes the country’s foreign policy, Lavrov delivers Moscow’s message with a bluntness uncharacteristic ...

Jan 18, 2023 · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the goals of Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine are “determined by Russia’s core legitimate interests” and will be fulfilled.

Sergey Lavrov is an impeccable diplomat, with many acclaimed feathers on his cap. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation, was awarded “Order of Merit for the Fatherland” in 1998, 2005, 2010, 2015 respectively.