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Russia on Relations With Greece: “We Used to Be Friends”

Russia “used to be friends with Greece” until Athens submitted to “American demands,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “We noted the transformation of its leadership," the Russian Embassy in Athens tweeted Lavrov as saying on Monday. "It was...

Russia Aims to Topple Ukraine’s Zelensky, FM Lavrov Says

Russia said on Sunday that the aim of its invasion of Ukraine is to topple the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky. Speaking to envoys at an Arab League summit in Cairo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow is determined...

Russia's Lavrov Defends Right to 12-Mile Extension on Territorial Waters, Calls for "Direct Dialogue"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who made an official visit to Greece on Monday, declared that every country has a right to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles, in agreement with Greece's stance on the issue. Before meeting...

Greek Foreign Minister Katrougalos Meets With Russia's Lavrov

Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov met on Thursday in Saint Petersburg. The two senior officials stressed the need to further strengthen the already-solid Greek-Russian relations at their meeting in the historic Russian city. Their meeting...

Lavrov Claims FYROM Lawmakers Were Blackmailed, Bribed

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West interfered in the domestic affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), bribing and blackmailing lawmakers to approve the Prespa accord with Greece. In an interview with the Greek daily Efimerida...

Russian FM Favors Participation of SC Permanent Members at an International Conference on Cyprus

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says it is necessary to continue with the dialogue, in order to reach a settlement in Cyprus, adding that there is no alternative option. At the same time, he says that Moscow has put...

While Visiting Greece Russian FM Lavrov Discusses Turkish Stream Pipeline, Ukraine, Syria

Only if Russia receives the approval from Brussels will it extend the second line of the Turkish Stream pipeline towards the European Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday, during a ceremony to proclaim him an honorary...

ND's Mitsotakis and Russian FM Lavrov Discuss Turkey, Syria, Economy

New New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Athens on Thursday, to whom he expressed his concern about the recent statements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Treaty of...

Moscow Wants No Guarantees But Real Solution to Cyprus Problem

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that in a future solution to the Cyprus problem no guarantees can be accepted, according to AKEL Secretary General Andros Kyprianou. Lavrov, Kyprianou says, has also made it clear that there cannot be...