Sergey Lavrov

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs Andrews Air Force Base, Md. for a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva to work on a Russian proposal for international inspectors to seize and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

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** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a signing ceremony after Russia Uzbek talks in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Monday, April 15, 2013. Lavrov said that Tom Donilon, President Barack Obama’s national security adviser who met with Putin Monday to hand him a letter from Obama, said that the U.S. administration wants to overcome the current strain in relations with Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) listens to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a signing ceremony after Russia Uzbek talks in Moscow's Kremlin on April 15, 2013. Lavrov said that President Obama’s national security adviser Tom Donilon, who met with Putin o hand him a letter from Obama, said that the U.S. administration wants to overcome the current strain in relations with Russia. (Associated Press)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Secretary of State John F. Kerry this week, a discussion that could be dominated by the issue of Americans adopting Russian children. (Associated Press)