By Ben Aris in Berlin Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hit back at Nato General Secretary Mark Rutte’s claims that Chinese President Xi Jinping could ask Russia to attack Nato to clear a path for China’s occupation of Taiwan,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea this weekend, the latest in a series of high-profile visits by top Russian officials as the two countries deepen relations. Lavrov "will visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on July 11-13" for the "second round of strategic dialogue at the level of foreign ministers,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov lashes out at the EU for ignoring human rights in Ukraine, accusing Europe of "teaching others" while enabling culture cancellation and war escalation. Speaking at the BRICS Summit in Brazil,

R ussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has listed Moscow's demands for a peace deal that would end its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, including Kyiv's demilitarization and neutrality, international recognition of territory occupied by Moscow, and the lifting of sanctions.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lauded the Hungarian government's foreign policy as 'balanced and pragmatic', in an interview granted to pro-Orban dailyMagyar Nemzet. The interview was also translated into Russian and English.

At the 17th BRICS summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov strongly criticized the International Monetary Fund (

Highlighting NATO's eastward expansion, Lavrov claimed Ukraine was intentionally weaponised: "The West instead continued to 'pump Ukraine with weapons to forcibly resolve the issues of Donbass and Crimea,'" after Russia's 2021 request for Ukraine's non-aligned status was rejected, RT added.

Moscow will not agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine unless sweeping sanctions against Russia are lifted and Western countries return hundreds of billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.