Look at Goa 1961 to Understand the Russian Response to Ukraine
An Analogy
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"You know, the war, which we are trying to stop, which was launched against us, using the..." Lavrov began, before being cut off by loud laughter from the crowd.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov received an embarassing burst of laughter during the G20 Summit in India when he claimed that the war, between Moscow and Kyiv, was launched against them.
A boisterous international audience of academics, diplomats and business executives both cheered and groaned as Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov presented Russia’s view of the Ukraine war, reflecting global splits on the crisis.
Lavrov said bluntly in an interview that the G-20 summit in the Indian capital was focused on “what to do with Ukraine” and said that the economic group was never concerned about previous conflicts in other nations.