All things considered, the gaffe was the result either A or B: A) The Obama administration is made of pig-headed, tone-deaf people, who don't expect other cultures to have nuances — and so they don't bother to consult with experts.

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Despite international criticism, the Kremlin continues its policy of creeping annexation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.

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A row erupted between Moscow and the west today after Nato expelled from its Brussels HQ two senior Russian diplomats it accused of spying.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he hoped the European Union and Romania would take measures to prevent the use of Romanian flags to undermine Moldova's sovereignty.

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Russian media have been poking fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to her Russian counterpart. Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock "reset" button, symbolising US hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow.

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As in the rest of the world, Russia has watched with great interest the first few days of the Barack Obama presidency. It is far too early, of course, to take any settled view of what the change at the White House might mean for the world.

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A Russian anti-submarine destroyer and two logistical warships are entering waters off Cuba in a nonmilitary visit that's the first of its kind since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Russia will halt some strategic weapons programmes if the United States drops plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, a top Russian general said Friday. More Articles

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The United States has presented Russia new plans for a missile defense system in the hopes of mollifying Moscow's objections to the program and salvaging nuclear control accords between the two nations. More Articles

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Tbilisi's aggression against South Ossetia has put an end to Georgia's territorial integrity, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, said while addressing the UN General Assembly on September 27.

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The Daily Telegraph can disclose that Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, reacted with fury when Mr Miliband and he spoke on the telephone. Mr Lavrov objected to being lectured by the British.

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The warning by Mr. Lavrov, in an interview with the Polish newspaper Polska, was published just hours before he arrived in Warsaw, his first visit to an European Union member since the war between Russia and Georgia broke out last month...

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Russia has threatened to target planned US missile shield sites in Europe as tensions mounted over Georgia, with the shooting of a policeman and discord over the remit of EU observers.

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Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, on why Russia moved into Georgia.

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DUSHANBE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Russia is ready to back moves in the United Nations to send more international monitors to the buffer zones around Georgia's rebel regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Russia's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has demanded that Russia be allowed 'permanent' access to planned US missile shield defense facilities in Eastern Europe. His wish seems unlikely to be granted.

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by Dariya Orlova, Kyiv Post Staff Writer Jun 18 2008, 21:40 Diplomatic tensions between Kyiv and Moscow are escalating, with both sides exchanging sharp words over a growing list of disputes.

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After the two leaders met behind closed doors at a palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, said that Mr. Medvedev told Mr.

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Russia is warning of negative consequences if Ukraine and Georgia join the NATO defense alliance. The prediction comes on a day of one-on-one meetings between Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and most leaders of countries that were once part of the Soviet Union.

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Moscow/St Petersburg - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday rejected Western efforts to mediate the conflict over Russia's support for Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia, saying, 'the key to a solution is direct negotiation by all parties.'

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A unilateral declaration of independence by Serbia's Kosovo province would violate international law and damage security in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday in Geneva.

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Russia warned Georgia on Thursday that it would use every means available to free Russian officers who were detained in Tbilisi on suspicion of spying, the Reuters news agency reports.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles, "mentioned the concept of sovereign democracy proposed by Kremlin officials," as well as responding to comments made about Russia by Vice President Dick Cheney at a speech in Vilnius in …

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday slammed Israel's arrest of Palestinian ministers and MPs from the governing Hamas, after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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Even before Iran gave its formal counter-offer to ambassadors of the P5+1 countries (the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China) Tuesday, the George W. Bush administration had already begun the process of organising sanctions against Iran.

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