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"They don't know what to do," said Abbas Gallyamov. "Putin needs to achieve something that will convince Russians that he won."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also compared actions by NATO and the EU to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's strategy in World War II.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called countries near Serbia closing airspace to Lavrov's plane "another closed channel of communication."

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that the country has "alternative sales markets" for oil exports "where we are already increasing sales."

The Russian foreign minister was speaking in a video shared by Moscow's embassy in Geneva and comes hot on the heels of controversial statements he made about Volodymyr Zelensky and Adolf Hitler.

The apology comes after the Russian foreign minister suggested this week that Adolf Hitler was part Jewish.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he was "angry and disgusted" with claims by Russia's foreign minister about Hitler and antisemitism

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Israelis were fighting "shoulder to shoulder" with Azov militants.

"It is an unforgivable, scandalous statement, a terrible historical mistake, and we expect an apology," Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said.

Since Russia's invasion began, Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of forcibly kidnapping its people.

Few details are known about the 121 Phoenix Ghost drones that the Biden administration is providing to Ukraine.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov made the comments to Russian state-owned newswire RIA Novosti.

"The danger is serious, real," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said of a potential nuclear war. "And we must not underestimate it."

Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said his forces would only use "conventional weapons" during the conflict.

The U.S. issued the warning on Thursday, the same day Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in India after concluding a two-day visit to China.

Polina Kovaleva, the 26-year-old daughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's mistress, had her assets frozen amid the ongoing Ukrainian conflict.

Ekaterina Lavrova said that people have been harassing her after mistaking her for the daughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The Kremlin suggested that a neutral Ukraine, built on the model of Austria, could be a possible compromise to end a conflict now in its third week.

"I would restore the death penalty by hanging through military tribunal," one pundit said.

Despite more than 100,000 Russian troops being stationed at the Western border with Ukraine, Moscow has consistently denied planning an invasion.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told RIA Novosti that the West must stop its "aggressive line."

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of "pulling" Ukraine into NATO, as tens of thousands of Russian troops sit along Kyiv's borders.

Russian officials and allies are framing Moscow's deployment of troops to the Ukraine border as a necessary defensive measure.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov levelled a raft of allegations at the West on Friday, including that Russia's rivals are meddling in its upcoming elections.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that foreign actors may "provoke protests" ahead of Russia's parliamentary elections in September.

Putin and Biden's tentative first summit next month may be a showdown on numerous tense issues even prior to Sunday's Belarus Ryanair incident.

The Russian foreign minister wore a mask which had been given to him by pool reporters for his birthday.

Some 38 percent of Russians said he was the top politician, but this figure was down on previous years.

Sergei Lavrov accused Obama of putting personal issues before those of the state and undermining ties between Washington and Moscow.