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Antony Blinken calls on Russia to end ‘unacceptable’ detention of US reporter

State Department is asking to visit WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in detention

The Independent UK

US urges release of WSJ reporter, Russia sees politicization

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who Russia accuses of spying, in a call on Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who said Washington should not politicize the case.

Reuters

Outrage as Moscow takes presidency of UN security council – as it happened

Top Ukrainian official criticises the ‘symbolic blow’ of Russia assuming the rotating presidency

The Guardian - AU

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Russia seeks to balance US, meet 'existential threats' in new foreign policy doctrine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the country faced "existential threats" to its security and development from "unfriendly states" as he presented President Vladimir Putin with an updated foreign policy doctrine.

Reuters

How a shadowy Russian organisation is making political and economic inroads across Africa

The world is watching Russia's actions in Ukraine. But are we missing what it's doing elsewhere?

ABC News

‘A bad joke’: Ukraine rages against move to let Russia’s Sergei Lavrov chair UN Security Council

Lavrov confirmed as chair of UN Security Council meeting set to take place in New York in April - despite Russia’s war on Ukraine

Evening Standard

Russia Says it Hopes Azerbaijan and Iran Resolve ‘Frictions’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that he hoped what he called "frictions" between Azerbaijan and Iran would soon be resolved. Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, which has a large population of ethnic Azeris in its northwest, have been strained in recent months after Baku announced plans to…

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ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin: a king-size dilemma for South Africa

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes regarding the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. Such acts are war crimes under two articles of the Rome Statute, which established the court.

The Conversation

Russia does not expect Nord Stream findings will be made public - Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that he did not expect that the findings of investigations into who was responsible for last year's blasts on the Nord Stream gas pipelines would be made public.

Reuters

Russia accuses UK of triggering 'genocide' over depleted uranium tank shells for Ukraine

Russian officials have accused the UK of 'genocide' because of the supply of depleted uranium tank shells to Ukraine. The UK said the shells are a 'standard component and has nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities'

Daily Mirror

Italian princess, conspiracy theorists and Steven Seagal: meet Russia’s friends overseas

‘I am 100% Russophile’ declares US actor at meeting of International Movement of Russophiles in Moscow

The Guardian - UK

Annalena Baerbock’s ‘feminist foreign policy’ focuses minds in Iraq

German foreign minister’s trip is chance to show how diplomacy can better represent women’s interests – especially those in Yazidi camps

The Guardian - UK

Moscow Hails 'Riyadh’s Role to Resolve the Conflict in Ukraine'

Saudi Arabia is keen on developing its relations with Russia on all levels, and is ready to help resolve the dispute between Russia and Ukraine, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Thursday during a visit to Moscow. During a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blinken’s Moscow policy criticized by envoy who helped free Brittney Griner

Secretary of state’s reluctance to speak to Russian counterpart impedes US, says envoy who helped arrange WNBA star’s release

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Bangkok Post

West's message on war gets lost

Here in New Delhi, policymakers are beginning to worry. India's long-awaited presidency of the G-20 grouping is turning out to be even more difficult than they anticipated.

The Conversation

Russia wants military aid from China – here’s why this deal could help China, too

China is considering sending weapons, ammunition and drones to Russia, according to information the Biden administration declassified at the end of February 2023.

The Conversation

Russia's foreign minister got laughter, cheers and shrugs in India. Outrage over the war isn't universal

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made headlines over the weekend when his claim the Ukraine war was “launched against” Russia provoked laughter from the audience during a forum in India.

Daily Mirror

Moment Putin's foreign minister is LAUGHED at as he claims West started Ukraine war

Laughter and groans erupted from the crowd at the G20 Summit in New Delhi when Putin's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Russia was a victim of the war in Ukraine

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Thousands race to flee 'almost destroyed' Ukrainian city amid heavy fighting

Around 4,000 Ukrainian citizens are now stranded in the eastern city of Bakhmut, which has been described as 'almost destroyed' by deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko

WEKU

Russia's foreign minister gets laughed at over Ukraine remarks at a global conference

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was not the aggressor in the Ukraine war, but that his country was simply trying to defend itself, to which the crowd laughed and groaned.

The Guardian - UK

Russian minister’s claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter

Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India’s Raisina Dialogue conference

The Independent UK

Audience in Delhi openly laughs as Lavrov says Ukraine war ‘launched against’ Russia

‘You know, the war, which we are trying to stop, which was launched against us,’ says Russian foreign minister

ABC News

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims US hypocrisy, says Ukraine war 'was launched against us'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov provokes laughter after referring to the invasion of Ukraine as "the war which was launched against us" during a diplomatic forum in India.

ABC News

Narendra Modi called for civility at the G20, but divisions between Russia and the West made it a tense affair

Despite Narendra Modi pleading with G20 foreign ministers to be civil, the acrimonious gathering ended without a joint communique or the traditional family photo.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Day after Meeting, Blinken and Lavrov Exchange Diplomatic Swipes

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of hypocrisy after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia cannot be allowed to wage war in Ukraine with impunity, during a security forum they attended in New Delhi on Friday. The top diplomats from Moscow and Washington had both…

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