The Latest Breaking News from Sergei Lavrov

BRICS leaders meet in South Africa on Tuesday as the loose association of major emerging economies seeks to assert its voice as a counterweight to Western dominance in global affairs. The so-called BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- represent a quarter of the global economy,…

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says US and NATO risk ‘a situation of direct armed confrontation of nuclear powers’.

Russia’s possession of nuclear arms is response to threats, Lavrov says; rise in Ukraine battlefield casualties brings total close to half a million

Ukrainian special service says it has ‘blocked the illegal actions of Russian hackers who tried to penetrate military networks’

At least seven killed in double strike on residential area of Pokrovsk; Russia claims to have shot down Ukrainian drones over Belgorod

Not right away. But if the mood for talks grows, Africa and China hold advantages that could make them vital mediators.

‘This is a physical summit and we would hope that all the invitees are able to participate in person’

JAKARTA: Foreign ministers of two dozen countries met in Indonesia on Friday with US.-China rivalry, the war in Ukraine and North Korean missiles set to dominate talks at Southeast Asia's annual security gathering.

Minsk said Friday that members of the Russia's Wagner mercenary group were acting as instructors for Belarusian territorial defence forces “in a number of military disciplines”, three weeks after the group's aborted rebellion in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Wagner "simply doesn't exist" as a distinct…

Russian president also warns that Western weapons supplied to Kyiv only prolonged war and would not change its outcome.

NATO summit outcome to be analysed for threats posed to Russia’s security and ‘all means’ available in response.