Sergey Lavrov

Because if Victoria Nuland and the US ambassador agreed the composition of the government, why wait for five months to hold early elections? The next time we were in favor of something was when the Minsk Agreements were signed. I was there, the negotiations lasted for 17 hours, and the deal was, well, Crimea was lost by that time because of referendum, and nobody, including my

Because if Victoria Nuland and the US ambassador agreed the composition of the government, why wait for five months to hold early elections? The next time we were in favor of something was when the Minsk Agreements were signed. I was there, the negotiations lasted for 17 hours, and the deal was, well, Crimea was lost by that time because of referendum, and nobody, including my

Because if Victoria Nuland and the US ambassador agreed the composition of the government, why wait for five months to hold early elections? The next time we were in favor of something was when the Minsk Agreements were signed. I was there, the negotiations lasted for 17 hours, and the deal was, well, Crimea was lost by that time because of referendum, and nobody, including my

colleague John Kerry meeting with us. Nobody in the West was raising the issue of Crimea. Everybody was concentrated on Donbas. And the Minsk agreements provided for territorial integrity of Ukraine, minus Crimea, this was not even raised, and a special status for a very tiny part of Donbas, not for the entire Donbas, not for Novorossiya at all, part of Donbas.

colleague John Kerry meeting with us. Nobody in the West was raising the issue of Crimea. Everybody was concentrated on Donbas. And the Minsk agreements provided for territorial integrity of Ukraine, minus Crimea, this was not even raised, and a special status for a very tiny part of Donbas, not for the entire Donbas, not for Novorossiya at all, part of Donbas.

colleague John Kerry meeting with us. Nobody in the West was raising the issue of Crimea. Everybody was concentrated on Donbas. And the Minsk agreements provided for territorial integrity of Ukraine, minus Crimea, this was not even raised, and a special status for a very tiny part of Donbas, not for the entire Donbas, not for Novorossiya at all, part of Donbas.

under these Minsk agreements endorsed by the Security Council should have the right to speak Russian language, to teach Russian language, to study in Russian, to have local law enforcement like in the States of US, to be consulted when Judges and prosecutors are appointed by the central authority and to have some facilitated economic connections with neighboring regions of Russia. That's it.

under these Minsk agreements endorsed by the Security Council should have the right to speak Russian language, to teach Russian language, to study in Russian, to have local law enforcement like in the States of US, to be consulted when Judges and prosecutors are appointed by the central authority and to have some facilitated economic connections with neighboring regions of Russia. That's it.

under these Minsk agreements endorsed by the Security Council should have the right to speak Russian language, to teach Russian language, to study in Russian, to have local law enforcement like in the States of US, to be consulted when Judges and prosecutors are appointed by the central authority and to have some facilitated economic connections with neighboring regions of Russia. That's it.

Something which President Macron promised to give to Corsica and still is considering how to do this. And when these agreements were sabotaged all along, first by Poroshenko and then by Zelensky. Both of them, by the way, came to presidency running on the promise of peace. And both of them lied.

Something which President Macron promised to give to Corsica and still is considering how to do this. And when these agreements were sabotaged all along, first by Poroshenko and then by Zelensky. Both of them, by the way, came to presidency running on the promise of peace. And both of them lied.

Something which President Macron promised to give to Corsica and still is considering how to do this. And when these agreements were sabotaged all along, first by Poroshenko and then by Zelensky. Both of them, by the way, came to presidency running on the promise of peace. And both of them lied.

So, when these Minsk agreements were sabotaged to the extent that we saw the attempts to take this tiny part of Donbass by force, and we, as Putin explained, we have At that time, we suggested these security arrangements to NATO in the United States, which was rejected.

So, when these Minsk agreements were sabotaged to the extent that we saw the attempts to take this tiny part of Donbass by force, and we, as Putin explained, we have At that time, we suggested these security arrangements to NATO in the United States, which was rejected.

So, when these Minsk agreements were sabotaged to the extent that we saw the attempts to take this tiny part of Donbass by force, and we, as Putin explained, we have At that time, we suggested these security arrangements to NATO in the United States, which was rejected.

And when the Plan B was launched by Ukraine and its sponsors, trying to take this part of Donbass by force, it was then that we launched the special military operation. Had they implemented the Minsk agreements, Ukraine would be one piece minus Crimea. But even then, when Ukrainians, after we started the operation, suggested to negotiate, we agreed.

And when the Plan B was launched by Ukraine and its sponsors, trying to take this part of Donbass by force, it was then that we launched the special military operation. Had they implemented the Minsk agreements, Ukraine would be one piece minus Crimea. But even then, when Ukrainians, after we started the operation, suggested to negotiate, we agreed.

And when the Plan B was launched by Ukraine and its sponsors, trying to take this part of Donbass by force, it was then that we launched the special military operation. Had they implemented the Minsk agreements, Ukraine would be one piece minus Crimea. But even then, when Ukrainians, after we started the operation, suggested to negotiate, we agreed.

There were several rounds in Belarus and one later they moved to Istanbul. And in Istanbul, Ukrainian delegation put a paper on the table saying those are the principles on which we are ready to agree. And we accepted those principles. The Minsk principles? No, no, no. The Istanbul principles. It was April 22, which was no NATO, but

There were several rounds in Belarus and one later they moved to Istanbul. And in Istanbul, Ukrainian delegation put a paper on the table saying those are the principles on which we are ready to agree. And we accepted those principles. The Minsk principles? No, no, no. The Istanbul principles. It was April 22, which was no NATO, but