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After Griner Gets Jail, Russia Ready to Discuss Prisoner Swap With US

MOSCOW—Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with the United States in private, a day after a Russian court jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for nine years for a drugs offence. The case against Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star, plunged her…


Russia’s Lavrov Says Moscow Will Propose Time for Call With Blinken on Prisoners

TASHKENT—Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow would soon propose a time for a call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in which Blinken has said he wants to discuss an exchange of prisoners held in Russian and U.S. jails. Blinken said on Wednesday that Washington had made a “substantial offer”…


Lavrov Offers Reassurance Over Russian Grain Supplies in Cairo Visit

CAIRO—Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered reassurances over Russian grain supplies to Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, amid uncertainty over a deal to resume Ukrainian exports from the Black Sea. Egypt is one of the world’s top wheat importers and last year bought about 80 percent of those imports from Russia and…


Lavrov Says Russia’s Aims in Ukraine Now Go Beyond Donbass

LONDON—Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow’s military “tasks” in Ukraine now went beyond the eastern Donbass region, in the clearest acknowledgment yet that its war goals have expanded in the past five months. In an interview with state news agency RIA Novosti, Lavrov said geographical realities had changed since Russian and…


Russia’s Lavrov Walks out of G-20 as West Denounces Ukraine War

NUSA DUA, Indonesia—Group of Twenty (G-20) foreign ministers called for an end to the war and grain blockade in Ukraine on Friday, as Russia’s top diplomat walked out of a meeting and denounced the West for “frenzied criticism” and squandering a chance to tackle global economic problems. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on…


Foreign Minister Conjures Spectre of Cold War: Russia Returning ‘East’

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has invoked the spectre of the Cold War, branding Russia and China’s relationship the “new East.” In an interview, Lavrov said Russia was turning away from the West in response to sanctions from developed countries. “We are working with the East,” Lavrov told Russia’s NTV in St. Petersburg. “Like we used to…


Russia Will Strengthen Economic Ties With China, Cooperate With Beijing on Technology: Russian Foreign Minister

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country will focus on strengthening ties with China, saying the two neighboring countries have common interests and can make technological advances together. “Now that the West has taken the position of a ‘dictator,’ our economic ties with China will grow even faster,” Lavrov said, according to a transcript…


Kremlin Rejects New Ukraine Draft Peace Deal as ‘Unacceptable’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said Moscow rejects Ukraine’s latest draft peace proposal and claimed Western powers are trying to undermine negotiations between the two sides. After the “Ukrainian side presented its draft agreements to our negotiators,” Russian officials claimed it was a “clear departure from key provisions that were committed to at…


Russia Developing Retaliatory Measures Against ‘Unfriendly’ Countries: Kremlin

Retaliatory visa measures are being developed in Russia, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday as another top Kremlin official said U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent comments are a “cause for concern.” During public comments, Lavrov said that the new visa measures would restrict entry for citizens from “unfriendly” nations. He did not provide details about…


Russia’s ‘Special Military Operation’ is to Prevent War in Ukraine, Claims Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested on Monday that Russia’s so-called “special military operation” launched by President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 24 is intended to prevent a war in Ukraine. “The goal of Russia’s special military operation is to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there,”…