Sergei Lavrov Believe Quotations

I don't believe in ideology in international relations.

I wouldn't even go into the history of the last days of the Soviet Union, the withdrawal from Europe, and what promises were given at that time, because those were oral promises, and our leaders of that time strongly believe that, like in ancient Russia, a word given is better than any treaty.

When Ukrainians kill Ukrainians, I believe this is as close to a civil war as you can get.

We still believe that if the Russian Federation and the United States bring their minds together, we can develop a common system which would be efficient in protecting the Euro-Atlantic region from threats coming outside this region.

We believe that this is not right for a democracy to make revolutions the beacon of promoting democracy.

We believe Russian-American relations are broader and larger than emotions and mutual grudges, including the situation with the U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden.