Posted on 11/09/2025 3:12:30 PM PST by Timber Rattler
Sergei Lavrov has been sidelined by Vladimir Putin after his failure to organise a summit with Donald Trump in Budapest, according to reports.
The Russian daily Kommersant, a privately owned pro-Kremlin outlet, said that Russia’s long-time foreign minister was “deliberately absent” from a key security council meeting earlier this week.
The 76-year-old will also no longer represent Moscow at the upcoming G20 summit, which is scheduled for November 22 and 23 in Johannesburg.
Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, did not give any explanation for Mr Lavrov’s absence from the key summit, which will be attended instead by Maxim Oreshkin, Putin’s deputy chief of staff.
Putin is unable to travel to South Africa because of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant. In the past, the Russian leader has sent Mr Lavrov in his place, including for the G20 summit in Bali in 2022 and the Brics summit in Brazil earlier this year.
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Meanwhile...
Stay away from windows Serge
Who coaxed you out of your Trump hatin’ site? You smell blood in the water snek?
“Who coaxed you out of your Trump hatin’ site? You smell blood in the water snek?”
Amazing how posters who say they are not pro-Putin come out of the woodwork to support Putin. ...
It does make you wonder.
DO NOT CARE, THE WAR IS HERE!
He’s 76 with a bum ticker and likely a drinking problem. My money is on him being hospitalized. Yeltsin croaked at the same age with similar comorbidities. Let’s hope ol’ sourpuss meets a similar end soon.
This is about Lavrov, not Putin. But arrogant dorks always try the same tactics when people don’t succumb to their UK or US RAT sourced news hogwash from the likes of The Hill, Axios, or Daily Beast style hogwash.
You must be the other person that snek speaks to in his snakehole. LOL. Another Trump hater.
“This is about Lavrov, not Putin. “
Read the title ...
“LOL. Another Trump hater.”
Grow up. Alinsky tactics are so leftist.
I SEE A 10TH FLOOR WINDOW IN Lavrov’S NEAR FUTURE...
Hah hah
Keep it up. I enjoy it. 🤪🤡🤡
Has he fallen out of a high rise window yet?
“Keep it up. I enjoy it. “
Glad to make your day but I can recommend some hobbies if you feel empty in your life.
Or perhaps a pet?
(((PING!)))
To be added to the zeeper follies pinglist,
ping me bro... we need laughter!
More British tabloid stories. Did you give Marcus your account?
Did your boss delta7 give you permission to post that poor quality meme?
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