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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
TopicSergei Lavrov

Topic: Sergei Lavrov

Increased NATO defence spending may lead to collapse of alliance, says Russian foreign minister

Sergei Lavrov said NATO 'needs to be guided by common sense' & that increased spending could be catastrophic for the alliance, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

‘It was a joke’: Lavrov on Putin’s remark backing Harris and her ‘infectious laugh’ in US election

Calling US 'notorious deep state', the Foreign Minister said that there will not be long-term differences in Moscow's stance toward the current or past elections in the country.

Russia says Western ambassadors are meddling in Russia’s affairs

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Tuesday accused Western ambassadors in Moscow of meddling in Russia's internal affairs and said their behaviour raised questions

Countries of the global south helped avoid Ukraine overshadowing G20 agenda, says Sergei Lavrov

The Russian Finance Minister also said the Russia was willing to return to the Black Sea grain deal as soon as its conditions are met.

India-Russia trade in rupees a ‘problem’, need to convert to another currency, says Lavrov on SCO sidelines

Suspension of the rupee-rouble trade system, established to avoid the purview of Western sanctions on Russia, is being viewed as a blow to Indian importers.

US trying to wreck Russia’s planned summit with Africa to isolate Moscow, says Sergei Lavrov

Moscow is preparing for its second summit with African countries, scheduled for the end of July in St. Petersburg, including work on infrastructure, technology and energy projects.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.