Main points from Lavrov's statements at the meeting with students and the teaching staff of MGIMO:
— Russia is not ready to enter into agreements that do not provide for the observance of a balance of interests;
— The Ukrainian conflict must be ended in such a way that there is no more Nazism in Europe;
— No one in the West has ever wanted to see a strong Russia and communicate with it frankly;
— Western countries are trying to form some kind of political force out of those who have left Russia. Such attempts look pathetic;
— There will never be any trust in the West again;
— The US is driving Russia's close partners away from relations with it;
— The West is doing everything possible to try to cast a shadow over the upcoming elections to the State Duma;
— The number of polling stations for Russians in the West has been reduced by more than 60;
— Western countries are engaged in open plundering of Russian assets and the so-called shadow fleet;
— Russia's position in the world and the prospects for its influence depend on the results of the Special Military Operation;
— Lavrov considers the decision by the German authorities to close the Russian consulate general in Bonn to be despicable.
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