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Exclusive: Russia’s Lavrov Warns of ‘Dangerous Consequences’ for US in Ukraine

The United States will face “dangerous consequences” if it presses on with growing military aid to Ukraine rather than backing a proposed Russian settlement that would see Moscow take over swathes of territory, the man serving as Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s top diplomat for 20 years said in exclusive responses to Newsweek questions. Well over…

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Russia Issues New Nuclear Warning to US at UN: ‘Suicide Venture’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a new nuclear warning during the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly on Saturday, as he told Washington, D.C., to prepare Europe for a “suicide venture.” Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, tensions between North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and the Kremlin…

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Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that's full of bile toward the West

Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that’s full of bile toward the West

Russia’s top diplomat warned Saturday against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a U.N. General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere — including inside the United Nations itself. Three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin aired a shift in his country’s…

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