Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov [a] (Russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ lɐˈvrof]; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004. He is the longest-serving Russian foreign minister since Andrei Gromyko during the Soviet Union.

Dec 6, 2024 · Lavrov, who—with over 20 years on the job—is the world's longest-serving foreign minister, criticized Washington for permitting Ukraine to utilize American-supplied long-range...

Jan 18, 2024 · Speaking at his annual news conference, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the West of fueling global security risks by encouraging Ukraine to ramp up strikes on Russian territory and warned that Moscow will achieve its goals in …

Sep 28, 2024 · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a new nuclear warning during the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly on Saturday, as he...

Dec 2, 2023 · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has delivered a blunt message to Western leaders and declared at an international security conference that his government was not prepared to “review its goals” in Ukraine.

Sep 28, 2024 · Ukraine’s hope of defeating Russia on the battlefield is senseless given that Moscow holds nuclear weapons and any effort by the NATO alliance to keep aiding Kyiv will prove to be a “suicidal...

Mar 2, 2022 · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is embodying the Kremlin’s defiant posture during the invasion of Ukraine with a mixture of toughness and sarcasm.

Oct 7, 2024 · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks amid meetings with counterparts from Moscow-aligned separatist states Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both claimed by Georgia, on October 4.

Dec 29, 2024 · Russia will scrap a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate and shorter range nuclear-capable missiles because the United States has deployed such weapons in various regions around the...

Jan 14, 2025 · Russia has accused the United States of seeking to sabotage TurkStream, the last pipeline carrying Russian gas exports into Europe. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleged at a news ...