Russia Moscow's goal is to remove 'unacceptable' Kyiv regime, says FM Lavrov The FM's statement contradicts the Kremlin's repeated denial of intentions to remove Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and his government from power after the 24 February invasion of its western neighbour. 25/07/2022
Russia Russia continues Africa charm offensive as Lavrov arrives in Congo The foreign minister started his tour with talks in Egypt, and will meet Congolese President Sassou Nguesso on Monday. 25/07/2022
Hungary Hungary's FM visits Moscow to up gas supplies as EU calls for curb Budapest is keen to buy up to 700 million cubic metres of gas from Russia, said foreign minister Peter Szijjarto. 21/07/2022
Europe News Lavrov to Ukraine: De-mine your ports and we'll let grain exports out There are 22 million tonnes of grain sitting in silos waiting to be shipped out of Ukraine. 08/06/2022
Russia 'Scandalous': Russia slams Serbia's neighbours as Lavrov visit blocked Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro closed their airspace, preventing Russia's foreign minister from visiting Serbia. 06/06/2022
Europe News EU has become 'aggressive and bellicose' amid Ukraine war It comes as the EU announced it was giving Ukraine another €500 million to buy heavy weapons to fend off Moscow's invasion. 13/05/2022
Russia Putin apologised for Moscow's Nazism remarks, says Israeli PM's office Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had sparked an outcry by stating that Adolf Hitler had "Jewish blood". 05/05/2022
Russia Russia accuses Israel of supporting neo-Nazism in Ukraine The comments come just one day after Sergei Lavrov claimed Adolf Hitler had "Jewish blood". 03/05/2022
Europe News Israel slams Russian FM's comments on Nazism and Ukraine Sergey Lavrov repeated Moscow's baseless claims about 'Nazis' in Ukraine, and also stated falsely that Hitler was partly Jewish, prompting fury in Israel. 02/05/2022
Turkey Russia 'did not attack Ukraine' says Lavrov after meeting Kuleba There was no breakthrough when the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers met in Turkey, their first encounter since Putin's forces invaded Ukraine two weeks ago. 10/03/2022
no comment Lavrov boycotted in two Geneva UN forums Many delegations, including Western countries, boycott two speeches by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN headquarters in Geneva in solidarity with Kiev, with diplomats leaving the proceedings shortly before his video was broadcast 01/03/2022
Europe News EU freezes Putin's assets in response to Ukraine invasion The bloc has also extended the sanctions to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. 25/02/2022
Ukraine 'Stakes couldn't be higher' over Ukraine, US tells UN Security Council The US and Russia squared off as the UN Security Council meets for the first time since Russia's buildup of troops on Ukraine's border. 27/01/2022
Russia Russia sanctions package for invading Ukraine 'includes Nord Stream 2' Germany's top diplomat told the Bundestag on Thursday that Russia is facing "massive consequences" in case of aggression against Ukraine. 26/01/2022
Switzerland US to respond to Russia's NATO demands 'next week', Lavrov says These new talks, which seek to de-escalate the crisis at the Ukrainian border, come 11 days after a first round of discussions in the Swiss city yielded little result. 21/01/2022
Sweden US 'will respond' if Russia 'acts recklessly' over Ukraine - Blinken In an interview with Euronews, the US Secretary of State says Moscow must understand that attacking Ukraine would not be in Russia's interests. 02/12/2021
Russia Russia to suspend its mission to NATO over expelled envoys Sergey Lavrov said that the move is in response to last week's expulsion of eight members of Russia's mission to NATO. 18/10/2021
Italy Italy wants to host an emergency G20 meeting on Afghan crisis Italy, which holds the rotating presidency of the G20, has proposed an extraordinary G20 summit on Afghanistan to be held in Rome in September. 27/08/2021
Russia Russia supports withdrawal of foreign fighters from Libya After meeting with his Libyan counterpart in Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was ready to withdraw its troops from the country, heeding a call from the UN. 19/08/2021
Russia Lavrov, Blinken set for showdown over Arctic, Ukraine at summit The U.S. Secretary of State and Russia's foreign minister will meet ahead of a proposed summit between President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. 19/05/2021
Europe News EU is 'ready to impose new sanctions' against Russia over Navalny Diplomatic sources have told Euronews they are hoping for a breakthrough next week. 18/02/2021
Europe News 'A predictable mistake': MEPs slam Borrell over Moscow trip MEPs dubbed the trip, which came days after the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, "a predictable mistake", "ill-advised", "ill-executed" and "a complete disaster". 09/02/2021
Europe News EU's foreign affairs chief urged to quit after Moscow 'humiliation' "Russia showed everything possible to humiliate the EU’s highest diplomat," said Estonian MEP Riho Terras 08/02/2021
Russia Russia does not want constructive dialogue with Europe, says Borrell "We will discuss these issues with my fellow EU foreign ministers. As ever, it will be for member states to decide the next steps, and yes, these could include sanctions. " 07/02/2021
world news EU rejects Russia's move to expel European diplomats: Borrell "I reject the allegations that these diplomats were performing activities incompatible with their role as diplomats," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Euronews of Russia's move to expel European diplomats. 05/02/2021
Europe News Borrell: EU-Russia ties at 'lowest' ebb but no new Navalny sanctions EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell's visit to Moscow comes in a week that saw Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for nearly three years. 04/02/2021
