Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004. He is the longest-serving foreign minister since the Tsarist era.

Some of the key events about Sergey Lavrov

1972
Graduated with honors from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
1981
Began diplomatic career at the Soviet embassy in Sri Lanka
1988
Appointed as First Secretary of the Soviet Permanent Mission to the United Nations
1994
Appointed as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
2004
Appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
2006
Elected Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
2008
Played a key role in negotiating a ceasefire during the Russo-Georgian War
2008
Defended Russia's military intervention in Georgia, which was widely condemned internationally
2011
Opposed UN Security Council resolutions against Syria during its civil war
2012
Received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 1st class, Russia's highest civilian honor
2014
Justified Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, violating international law
2014
Denied the presence of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine despite evidence to the contrary
2015
Participated in negotiations leading to the Iran nuclear deal
2016
Accused the West of supporting a "coup d'état" in Ukraine, contradicting international consensus
2018
Dismissed evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
2019
Awarded the title of Honorary Doctor by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
2019
Defended Venezuela's Maduro regime against international criticism
2020
Rejected findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent
2021
Threatened to sever ties with the EU if it imposed sanctions over Navalny's imprisonment
2022
Justified Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, calling it a "special military operation"

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