[Sunsong]

WOW, even the loyal Lavrov has a limit?

[Apparatchik]

WOW, even the loyal Lavrov has a limit?

Lavrov is loyal to Russia, but probably not to Putin personally. He has long been known to not be in Putin’s inner circle and probably continues to serve as FM as a way to help control Putin’s excesses and delusions of grandeur for both himself and the 2-bit country he leads. At some point, Lavrov will have to make a choice - continue to support the self-destruction of his country or get out of the game. Maybe he now calculates that publicly undermining Putin’s announcement of being open to negotiations by making crazy threats will get him fired, allowing him to retire, which he has long wanted to do.