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Sergey Lavrov: “We have facts about who was inside the building that was hit in Sumy. There was another get-together of Ukrainian military commanders with their Western colleagues who were there under the guise of mercenaries, or someone else”

21:28 14.04.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “We have facts about who was inside the building that was hit in Sumy. There was another get-together of Ukrainian military commanders with their Western colleagues who were there under the guise of mercenaries, or someone else”

Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with ‘Kommersant’ newspaper. Moscow, April 14, 2025 Question: You are saying the new US administration is willing to discuss negotiated settlement in Ukraine in addition to bilateral issues. At a recent UN meeting on Ukraine convened in the wake of the strike on …

View from Delhi: possible settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue takes on mutually agreeable contours as the talks proceed

11:38 14.04.2025

View from Delhi: possible settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue takes on mutually agreeable contours as the talks proceed

The US President Donald Trump sought direct talks and claimed that Iranians conveyed through back channel that they had no objection to it. Furthermore, Trump disclosed that indirect talks already started. While maintaining publicly that the talks will be ‘indirect’, Iranians didn’t call out Trump, notes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador …

Emmanuel Todd: “It is absolutely obvious that the Collective West has suffered a defeat and is now disintegrating, but it is completely unclear in what form this disintegration will occur”

11:36 14.04.2025

Emmanuel Todd: “It is absolutely obvious that the Collective West has suffered a defeat and is now disintegrating, but it is completely unclear in what form this disintegration will occur”

The prominent French philosopher and analyst, author of the sensational book "The Defeat of the West" ("l'Occident. La défaite") Emmanuel Todd recently spoke at a conference at CES – Institut Catholique de Vendée, France, expressing his views on the developing world situation. He paid special attention to the relations between …

‘The Times’: The untold story of British military chiefs’ crucial role in Ukraine

11:33 14.04.2025

‘The Times’: The untold story of British military chiefs’ crucial role in Ukraine

Almost simultaneously, journalistic investigations appeared in the US and Britain covering the involment of these countries into the war in Ukraine. First, there was a publication in the ‘New York Times’, and then there was a publication in London’s ‘The Times’. Both newspapers admitted that for their countries, the war …

Israel: IDF 8200 intelligence soldiers call on gov't to stop fighting, bring back hostages

11:31 14.04.2025

Israel: IDF 8200 intelligence soldiers call on gov't to stop fighting, bring back hostages

Soldiers in the IDF’s Intelligence unit 8200 wrote a joint letter calling on the government to release the hostages, even if it means stopping the fighting in Gaza, ‘The Jerusalem Post’ reported. Hundreds of reservist officers, active-duty soldiers, and retired officers signed the letter and, according to KAN, the organizers …

U.S. and Ukraine talks on contentious minerals deal: “The negotiating environment is very antagonistic”

11:13 13.04.2025

U.S. and Ukraine talks on contentious minerals deal: “The negotiating environment is very antagonistic”

A Ukrainian delegation was in Washington on Friday for a new round of talks about a deal that would give the United States a major stake in Ukraine’s natural resources, writes ‘The New York Times’. The new proposal, reviewed by ‘The New York Times’, reverts to Mr. Trump’s initial demand …

British life-style: The health care system is falling into disrepair. Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders

11:10 13.04.2025

British life-style: The health care system is falling into disrepair. Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders

Hospitals in England could axe more than 100,000 jobs as a result of the huge reorganisation and brutal cost-cutting ordered by Wes Streeting and the NHS’s new boss, ‘The Guardian’ reports. The scale of looming job losses is so large that NHS leaders have urged the Treasury to cover the …

View from London: Can China win the trade war against the US?

11:08 13.04.2025

View from London: Can China win the trade war against the US?

China hit back with an additional tariff on US imports, matching the extra levy imposed overnight by Donald Trump on Chinese goods. That made the running totals 104 per cent so far from Washington, vs 84 per cent from Beijing, prompting one analyst to compare them to two racing cars …

FT: Bond sell off raises questions about U.S. ‘Safe Haven’ status

11:06 13.04.2025

FT: Bond sell off raises questions about U.S. ‘Safe Haven’ status

As the fallout from President Trump’s global trade war spreads, investors are even fleeing U.S. Treasuries, notes ‘The Financial Times’ with a viper British satisfaction. A sharp sell-off in U.S. government bond markets has sparked fears about the growing fallout from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs and retaliation by China, the …

Sergey Lavrov the Antalya Diplomacy Forum: “So my conclusion is that by ignoring the gross violation of all the international norms about human beings, by ignoring these norms and violations by Zelensky of these norms, and at the same time, by discussing deployment of something military, call it ‘peacekeeping’, call it ‘stabilization force’, on the remaining part of Ukraine, they want to use this force not to keep peace, but to keep and protect the Nazi regime, and this is the key”

22:36 12.04.2025

Sergey Lavrov the Antalya Diplomacy Forum: “So my conclusion is that by ignoring the gross violation of all the international norms about human beings, by ignoring these norms and violations by Zelensky of these norms, and at the same time, by discussing deployment of something military, call it ‘peacekeeping’, call it ‘stabilization force’, on the remaining part of Ukraine, they want to use this force not to keep peace, but to keep and protect the Nazi regime, and this is the key”

Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, welcome to ADF Talks-Russia, which is a one-on-one conversation at a time when the global diplomatic landscape is under, I think it's fair to say, extraordinary pressure and transition. We are joined today by His Excellency, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of …

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