Moscow, Jan. 20 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, summarising the developments of 2025 in a press conference in Moscow, slammed the West and especially Europe, whom he accused of prolonging the war with Ukraine for their own vested interests, arguing that the Kremlin remains committed to diplomacy but only at a reciprocal level, which currently does not look likely.
Russia, he said, would negotiate with any partner who was prepared to engage on equal, and reciprocal terms-"without blackmail or pressure"-but would not renounce what he described as its civilisational foundations.
Furthermore, he said that the Euro-Atlantic concept of security and cooperation are failing, as the US is gradually pulling out of older blocs of defence ...