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Maltese foreign minister Ian Borg (l) with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Malta on Thursday (Photo: OSCE)

Lavrov back in the EU: 'Tsunami of lies by war criminal'

Poland and the US led Western rebukes of Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov at a rare meeting in Malta on Thursday (5 December), after he flew seven hours, without his spokeswoman, to be there. 

"My message to the Russian delegation is the following: We are not taken in by your lies. We know what you're doing. You're trying to rebuild the Russian empi...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Maltese foreign minister Ian Borg (l) with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Malta on Thursday (Photo: OSCE)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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