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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia’s top diplomat: West’s ‘hybrid war’ won’t stop Moscow

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov walks after addressing at International Conference "Eurasian Choice as a Basis for Strengthening Sovereignty" organized by United Russia in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool) ** FILE **

Russian foreign minister: U.S. wants to see Russia ‘destroyed’ by Ukraine war

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen hold a flag over the coffin of their comrade during the funeral ceremony of Volodymyr Yezhov killed in a battlefield with Russian forces at St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Yezhov was a game designer in the development of the game Cossacks 2. He was also one of the authors of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. Yezhov was also one of the most famous Ukrainian e-sportsmen — played StarCraft under the nickname Fresh. Since the Russian invasion, Volodymyr Yezhov went to the frontline and fought as part of the volunteer squadron. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Lavrov: Ukraine must demilitarize or Russia will do it

By E. Eduardo Castillo - Associated Press

Foreign Ministers and other representatives attend a high-level meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Lodz, Poland, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. The OSCE is Europe's largest security organization, one founded to maintain peace and stability on the continent. Russia's war against Ukraine is among the greatest challenges the body has faced in its nearly half century of existence. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Security meeting overshadowed by Russia’s war, ban on Lavrov

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to Russian journalists after the ASEAN Australia-New Zealand Trade Area (AANZTA) summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russian FM Lavrov taken to hospital, Indonesian officials say

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, gestures as he visits with Deputy Commander of the Airborne Troops Anatoly Kontsevoy, right, a military training centre of the Western Military District for mobilised reservists in Ryazan Region, Russia, on Oct. 20, 2022. Moscow after a string of battlefield defeats and other setbacks, further cornering Russian President Vladimir Putin and setting the stage for an escalation. Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the south have zeroed in on Kherson, a provincial capital that has been under Russian control since the early days of the invasion. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Dirty tricks: U.S., allies denounce Russian bomb claim as disinformation

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

An image of the 'Brave Commander' ship carrying grain from Ukraine is displayed on screens as Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the 77th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Ukraine war dominates annual U.N. General Assembly debate

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry pose for a photo prior to their talks in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 24, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, second from right, listens during a trilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi at the G-20 Foreign Ministers Summit in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali Friday, July 8, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

G-20 diplomats fail on unity over Ukraine, war’s impact

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

FILE - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to questions during a news conference following a tripartite meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in Antalya, Turkey, Thursday, March 10, 2022. Lavrov is scheduled Wednesday, June 8, 2022 to hold talks with Turkish officials on a plan that would allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating food crisis. (AP Photo, File)

Russia open to Ukraine grain exports but demands conditions

By Ayse Wieting and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds documents during a press conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 8, 2022. Serbia says that a planned visit by Russia's foreign minister to the Balkan country will not take place. The announcement followed reports that Serbia's neighbors, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro refused to allow Lavrov's plane to fly through their airspace to reach Serbia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Russian diplomat Lavrov cancels trip to Serbia; European countries close airspace to his plane

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Eritrea Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed following their talks in Moscow, Russia, April 27, 2022. On Monday, May 2, 2022, Israel lashed out at Russia over “unforgivable” comments made in an interview with an Italian news channel by Lavrov about Nazism and antisemitism — including claims that Adolf Hitler was Jewish. Israel, which summoned the Russian ambassador in response, said the remarks blamed Jews for their own murder in the Holocaust. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israel decries Russian diplomat’s claim that Hitler ‘had Jewish blood’

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Irpin Territorial Defence and Ukrainian Army soldiers hold flowers to be placed on the graves of comrades fallen during the Russian occupation, at the cemetery of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Live updates l TASS: more than 1M Ukrainians taken to Russia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

United Nations members vote on a resolution concerning the Ukraine during an emergency meeting of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Russia bombards major Ukrainian cities as U.N. condemns Kremlin

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a meeting with top envoys from the separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, Vladislav Deinego of the Luhansk People's Republic and Sergei Peresada, of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia recognized the regions as independent states and then pointed at their request for military assistance to invade Ukraine. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Diplomats in Geneva walk out on speech by Russian foreign minister over Ukraine invasion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media during a joint news conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Putin says the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia's top security demands. In his first comments on the standoff with the West over Ukraine in more than a month, Putin said Tuesday that the Kremlin is still studying the U.S. and NATO's response to the Russian security demands received last week. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Peeved Putin complains West ‘ignored’ demands as Blinken, Lavrov confer

By Ben Wolfgang and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

U.S., Russia far apart on Ukraine crisis as top diplomats meet

By Matthew Lee and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

More talks planned as Blinken, Lavrov meet over Ukraine crisis

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. Russia has concentrated an estimated 100,000 troops with tanks and other heavy weapons near Ukraine in what the West fears could be a prelude to an invasion. (AP Photo)

Biden administration scrambles as Kremlin escalates again on Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Putin, Xi to highlight Russia-China summit while U.S. and allies diplomatically boycott Olympics

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times