In Conversation | Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister | Raisina Dialogue 2023

Raisina Dialogue 2023 |
In Conversation:
Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia
Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India
About Raisina Dialogue:
The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. Every year, leaders in politics, business, media, and civil society converge in New Delhi to discuss the state of the world and explore opportunities for cooperation on a wide range of contemporary matters. The Dialogue is structured as a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral discussion, involving heads of state, cabinet ministers, and local government officials, who are joined by thought leaders from the private sector, media, and academia.
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[@notturno3448]

I am surprised that India didn't choose more competent, politicly knowledgeable person to host the event of this magnitude.

[@zalayashpalsinh5427]

Palki sharma would have been best

[@ppradeephavale8544]

Very true. Mr. Joshi doesn't seems to be prepared and looks like unexperienced TV Anchor.

[@user-bf2zr7eo2d]

Did you mean more hate mongers?

[@kanvarawal]

He seems very unprepared and laconic in certain issues

[@gurdialkaur3137]

@@zalayashpalsinh5427 i don't think so. She too doesnt do complete hone work. These journalists may have bank accounts in western countries

[@Gosaliya_Ashik]

If you are inviting a person of foreign minister's stature, don't interrupt. Set the rules in advance & let invitees speak.

[@mac.505]

Who cares

[@Adityashrotriya]

Look, this is not how anchoring works, anchoring in itself means to navigate through topics and take the most out of the person being interviewed, and at core, you cant let politicians talk uninterruptedly, then it will just be a political statement, not a topic focused interview. But yeah i agree that more nuanced questions should have been asked, considering that he was answering freely.

[@Gosaliya_Ashik]

@@Adityashrotriya They are not politicians when they take high stages at the international level. They represent their country as a statement. This is not a political interview where an anchor attempts a coup on the panelists. Their views, however biased or partisan, must be listened to as it gives insight into their thinking & propaganda. Neither do I reco endless talks. Rules must be the same. You can't let Blinken talk for an hour but offer only 30 min to Lavrov.

[@MarkCornelissen]

This guy commits crimes against humanity. Justice will speak sooner or later!

[@lozah9036]

He is SHOCKING in his ignorance of past agreements not kept and context. What an insult to statesman of calibre of lavrov.

[@dunkinpossum]

It's fortunate for the interviewer, that he'll have this recording to reflect on in yrs to come. Lavrov schooled him!

[@anshuman1979]

These idiots don't learn

[@XXXnagibatorXXX]

Lavrov is a clown

[@kushagragangwar18]

Sir, We definitely needed better questions with more nuance. the people who are going already are well aware of these talking points..

[@AlSmyth-qh5wj]

This seems to have been organized as a means to further Western propaganda

[@archit7401]

When Dr. Jaishankar is on a foreign visit, their reporters always ask him about Russian oil purchase, why India doesn't join them in criticizing Russia & what not. While Blinken is here in India, no Indian reporter asked him about the US arming & funding Pakistan & why the US & other quad nations don't accept the official map of India.

[@kmr512]

Our reporters are sheeps. Also they have inferiority complex and of course they are all bought by the western countries.

[@user-wg3tc4qr2e]

Palki Sharma asked the US defence secretary (ex) about it!!

[@fredheo1062]

Well said mate

[@viveksanatani108]

privileges of being superpower

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

Thanks india for making it more amazing and talkative mode.

[@mostlikely...]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🏆🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@GeorgeJacques]

Zelenskyy 🤡 NATO 🤡

[@YenDiki]

@@GeorgeJacques AGREED! BUT "COCAINSKIJ" IS THE BETTER WORD FOR THIS DIRTY SOUL...!💀🐽🎈💥💩🤦‍♂👎

[@yashkumar3196]

Same questions should be asked to Biden and other western countries too.

[@dutybound5079]

No country can afford to piss off USA. So, such questions will never be asked to them. Slightly veiled ones can be asked and Palki did ask in this Raisina dialogue.

[@inayatswaj7552]

@@dutybound5079 I don’t know if 😊q is a good idea but I don’t think it would be a good idea to do it in the future because I don’t want to be in a situation where I don’t 😊 q😊 I 😊q😊😊 qqqq😊 😊 I love you too qqq😊qq😊qqq😊

[@sdfasdfasdsdfasdfas9641]

Literary answer of top Russian diplomat was "yeah, yeah, but what about someone else?" Whataboutism is not an answer to any questin, this is pivot to steer conversation in other direction.

[@odar9729]

@@sdfasdfasdsdfasdfas9641 👏👏👏it’s called deflection, he also puts down his hosts too! Understanding ethos logos and pathos you realize how people convince you

[@QuiKelle]

@@dutybound5079 Why not? Especially if you have all resources to close national market (without interfering west stock-markets), as Russia can.

[@abhifootball2671]

As an Indian i feel shame to have been represented by someone who didn't even prepare or learn the basic agreements but talked in the language of modern media. When you see QUAD meeting being hosted by Samir, I wonder whether this debate with this anchor was knowingly put to show Russia in bad light and from the desperation, I also wonder whether it was even on the agenda or last gasp acceptance. But it's good that Russia got a platform to let go of their steam a bit and pointed to places where in future there can be agreements. But still it's amazing how in such a major debate in our biggest national dialogue, our host had this level of questioning ability. I guess our local media questions are forming a wrong architecture in these so called intellect minds.

[@7arvnn]

Its thanks to Mr. Lavrov that we were able to get Russian view point. He is a great diplomat that's why he was able to keep calm and answer all the questions of such a rude host. Once check which organizations or governments fund ORF. That will clear all our questions. US State department is the biggest funder of ORF.

[@yashkumar3196]

​@@7arvnnit's owned by reliance

[@rohittripathi1378]

Orf is funded by Ambani. Lavrov on the other hand played cool😎

[@souvikbarua7232]

You dont represent all Indians. RuZzia is the aggressor and only gandu logic would justify it.

[@geraldtraveller9804]

our media i the netherlands is the same they claim even more things in our media i going to name what they saying and they also report and than removed the report our media just reported yesterday russia lost 780 soldiers and 130 tanks and serveral apc's at Vuhledar and ukraine army has launched a big gig drone strike on crimea and russia lost 250 000 soldiers in the entire war lost half off there tanks 9000+apc's ivs countles off aircraft helicopters naval ships and that russian officers planning a military coup in russia and russian armed forces is outdated with post soviet weapons and ukrainian army is near russia border and russia run out off soldiers and that tey are deserting and surender in masses that ukrainian army bomded crimea and and destroyed russia air force bases

[@kanchanar6331]

Opening lines in the session - " I speak as an Indian...No country can choose neighbours... Even if uncomfortable, we don't go to war over it." Me thinking (AS AN INDIAN) - 1947, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1999; all that apart from Op Cactus, Op Flowers Are Blooming, Op Pawan, and the likes. Though majority don't technically qualify as wars, glad the Minister didn't give us a tour of history!

[@sksmrita]

Joshi came out as an idiot Frankly what happened to sunjoy’s brains

[@babgally12]

I do not understand how our gov has chosen this old garbage, with irresponsible questions. Not even a single question has been asked about the US and EU. I feel our Indian gov purposefully angered Lavrov. This is like backstabbing our loyal friend (Russia), by calling on our country. For the sake of doing something in G20 leadership, the gov should not try to overreact to the true friendship of the Russians.

[@QuiKelle]

Me, as non Indian, have a question. What neighbours have India today, which are wasn't India in history? Did today Indians have a chance to stop tearing up India on different Indian nationalities and countries regardless of religious affiliation? Or politically affiliations (pro-west vs. patriotic Indians)? China, for example, solved all differences 1800 years ago and after that, they are monolithic NATION on ETHNIC level. All other parts of the world (except China) are susceptible for destabilising by the Colective-West(lead by NATO, USA and UK) using the money, or catholic church or military threat. I am from Serbia. Thank you.

[@krishnkant9477]

@@QuiKelle India has always been characterized by a weak state and strong society with religion as its skeleton. That's why India has been historically fragmented. However it's not always bad. In India despite cultural differences, common religion and practices binds all Indians together, while is monolithic country like China, ethnic minorities feel no affinity to the majority ethnicity.

[@jvjd]

Exactly India has been in war with its neighbours

[@yugeshsaaireddy8832]

The interviewer could have atleast feigned neutrality , instead he kept interrupting and asking leading questions. The interviewers counter to the Afghanistan argument from Lavrov , who showed him the mirror is ridiculous. While i don't agree with the war in Ukraine, i feel the interviewer didn't do a good job especially while interviewing a person like Lavrov from who everyone wanted to hear his views. Also whats with abruptly interrupting him at the end ? saying THANK YOU THANK YOU. This was the one of the interviews where people were definitely interested in Should have been better prepared with respect to the interviewer and the time allotted for the conversation. I dont even care if he is the chairman of ORF but this interview was very shabby and bad

[@Beautifulworld-ng6dr]

Yes orf reputation one president destroy ..India position and neutrality by pro west

[@puneetsharma312]

ORF is funded by US too

[@dutybound5079]

As Lavrov said, veiled propagandists operate under such covers.

[@ngkaiseng6818]

Jose Sunjo is asking like a typical Indian man. Makes no sense, only emotions.

[@neerajpatidar9776]

Seems like the interviewer's children also study in Harvard and Sandford.

[@ShriPLaK]

😂

[@sagenose1082]

Very clever 😂

[@gerdbrauer2744]

Russia does not have to justify itself for anything in this matter! Nice greetings from Germany

[@axelsohn1454]

Joshi's initial question, repeated again and again, is a reflection on his lack of comprehension of the legal rights that cover Russia's actions. Why is Joshi not interrogating NATO representatives as their provocations and acts of aggression which created an existential threat against Russia and an the ethnic cleansing of the ethnic Russians of Ukraine. Is Joshi clueless, or disingenuous, or maybe both?

[@stuguy2]

Wow another idiot on the internet! Russian language was not cancelled in the east.. It was cancelled in all Ukraine. It was established that all Government institutions shall only use Ukrainian language. Most people in Ukraine can speak and understand Ukrainian but over 80% of the population speak RUSSIAN. "When was the Ukrainian language banned? In 1804 Ukrainian as a subject and language of instruction was banned from schools. In 1811 by the Order of the Russian government, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was closed. In April 2019, the Ukrainian parliament voted a new law, the law "On supporting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language".

[@lozah9036]

Clueless, ignorant. Disgrace.

[@deveshyadav3099]

I guess he is senile... seemed he kept forgetting he is talking to a foreign minister...

[@SurendarCasula-bo7gf]

​​@@deveshyadav3099ot that he gets money from USA Via CIA via Pentagon via Google via Mukesh Ambani Jio. You got it😮

[@colarunjoshi]

Must appreciate the Minister for being brutally frank.

[@yooyoyy1044]

Sergey Lavrov answered all the questions in such a good manner even though the interviewer was very rude. Long live Russia India relations 🇷🇺 🇮🇳

[@echosmith5256]

rude? he was smiling throughout even though lavrov was mocking him after every question. Finally the indian audience laughed at his bullshit like he deserved.

[@yooyoyy1044]

@echo smith everyone should be held accountable for what they do USA ,China ,Russia and anyone else but the selective criticism that is happening is wrong. When west does anything it should also face criticism but that's certainly not the case.Russia maybe wrong buy you should try to negotiate a deal which suits both the west and Russia rather then bringing Russia to its knees. All they are doing is bringing Russia and China together into a military alliance that is dangerous for Asean , South Asia , the west and the rest of the world.

[@aryanmishra3776]

@@echosmith5256 define 'his'

[@NoHandles333]

Are you justifying the invasion of Ukraine because someone gave a speech? Talk about sheep.

[@vedprabhudessai4989]

​@@echosmith5256 it was westerners who were invited who laughed,mannerless uncivilized people

[@TheKothariamit]

Why Joshi is in such a Hurry, common man Let him answer He is foreign minister .. I would like to see the same behaviour when Blinken is there . Have some respect for the FM , don't keep all in pocket for the Blinken.

[@ileavecomments1155]

Dr. Jaishankar and Mr Lavrov are the definition of being best at your job

[@calimero3625]

You're kidding, right? 🤣 Or maybe you're a paid troll?🤨

[@tangritengri]

@@calimero3625 He's definitely paid

[@rmdomainer9042]

Yeah, I bet that is why Lavrov's daughter can afford all that expensive real estate in London

[@elmersbalm5219]

@@rmdomainer9042 why not? You’re jealous?

[@elmersbalm5219]

@@calimero3625 you have a cogent argument to make?

[@udaykumar4u]

Unbelievable, the level of immaturity and innocence displayed by Mr. Joshi. Never expected this from ORF. Mr. Lavrov is right, he didn't do his homework before the interview. This is what happens when you don't do your research and simply believe everything you read in news(especially western).

[@ankur1800s]

Lmao ORF is a Washington puppet, it's scary that even the kids of our top officials work at the ORF like Dhruva Jaishankar. The Americans are coming for us (like they did in the Vajpayee years) and we are compromised. There is no hope unless we come up with a plan for asymmetric retaliation like Iran and Russia did.

[@itshawkeye9129]

ORF is defacto west leaning, they would even lick their arse. Just see the way Sameer saran talked about Russia in a condescending way, as to gain favor from gora masters.

[@nationfirst2146]

Don't worry minister Indian ppl stands with you..!!❣

[@kunal.....]

Indian only stand with india ....not any other countriy

[@mostlikely...]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🏆🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@mac.505]

Only some

[@hpatel788]

Devision- not all!

[@souvikbarua7232]

Speak for yourself. It would be a shame to stand by the country which has been recognised as aggressor by UNGA resolutions one after another.

[@micheal6803]

Why is the mediator so disrespectful??

[@caesar848]

American stooge probably. How he can offend his US masters who will give admission to his children in Harvard?

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

Exactly

[@aluimmumitat]

The President of Ukraine is a Russian Speaking Ukrainian. He worked as comedian in Russia and majority of his votes came from the Russian speaking parts of Ukraine. Klitschko the major of Kiev only spoke Russian. He started to speak the Ukrainian language after the war startet and it took him until summer to be fluent in it. There was never a war against the Russian Language. Even large parts of the Ukrainian army and army command speaks Russian. The Russian minister is lying him directly in the face without shame. That's why.

[@70newlife]

​@@aluimmumitatyou state the facts except the last statement. Russian is banned, in fact they started burning books from schools and libraries just 2 days after the coup. Zellensky did win the vote from the east because his main platform was he will end the conflict with Russia by Implementing the misnk agreement. He even tried to do that on one visit to the front in Donetsk he hoped to convince the Azov nazi brigades to accept the minsk agreement and withdraw the arms. They outright refused. not just that they said that they will thoroughly oppose anyone who stands against them no matter who it is. After this incident zellensky changed his tune and said there is not one word in the minsk agreement he likes. So basically he did an about turn on his main campaign promise. Thus he had no right to remain in his post.

[@BrijeshAShah]

HE SHOULD BE HOSTED AGAIN WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS IDEA ON WHAT HE OR SHE IS SPEAKING. The host seemed to parrot the western perspective the whole time, was quite irritating to watch. However, I loved Mr. Lavrov's counters. Mr. Lavrov, if you are reading this, please know that not all Indians are so blinded to the realities as the host.

[@pagalvok]

He with Putin started a WAR and KILLED thousands of people. And on top of that he 30 min in a straight face complained why west don't let russia to kill ukrainians freely! What a terrible injustice.... SO HOW CAN YOU SPEAK WITH HIM NORMALY???? HE IS A WAR CRIMINAL AND SHOULD BE IN JAIL!

[@somaghosh2960]

An amazing diplomatic answer by Russian Foreign minister.

[@kennvanroooy]

yes very diplomatic ,but full of lies.

[@brodskyizya5467]

@@kennvanroooy Where?

[@TheMiamiHeat]

@@brodskyizya5467 "War was launched against us" Explain that

[@OILAnsvver]

​@@TheMiamiHeat If you're don't deaf or braindead, you can understand what he mean on your own. But you're just a paid bot, so specially for you it will be useless.

[@ThatsLife143]

Sunjoy Joshi would become the most searched personality post this interview 😂😂 . Lavrov is a strong personality, anyone sitting across the other side of the table with an agenda will be shamed. Would have expected the questions from a neutral point. Except the profiteers, war doesn’t serve anyone else

[@sumeru0728]

Joshi is a kid in front of the world's best diplomat

[@rk2827]

Lavrov knows what is happening in his country. Sunjoy Joshi takes everything from western media.

[@manjunaths5904]

Joshi is crawling baby🍼

[@manjunaths5904]

Who gave opportunity to Joshi to ask this kiddish, common n stupid questions

[@vinbhalla8523]

One of the primary principles of a debate is not to interrupt the speaker unnecessarily and as such insult him. The questioning would have been different, had the host been the American, Blinken!

[@PrateekKumarAgrawal]

I want to know if Tomorrow Mexico signs deal with Russia to be part of Russian lead Military alliance. Would US be Okay ??

[@killerbeen773]

😅

[@Unknown_DeshBhakt]

SANJAY JHOSHI: THE PUPPET OF WEST

[@varun2250]

Asking tough questions is not being a puppet of the West. Pakistan is the perfect example of being a puppet of the West. Throw some pennies and they will do your dirty work for you.

[@buellterrier3596]

Sometimes I think this puppet is too dumb that his shenanigans are too obvious so that Lavrov shines above him.

[@senturi9645]

Bharat 🇮🇳 Roos 🇷🇺 dosti ❤

[@sb...904]

Sunjoy Joshi's financial / career interests seem to be tied to the West . Also his hosting / Foreign Affairs skills ... leave a lot to be desired.

[@ashokimmanuel4537]

Is that this jokers name?...Sunjoy Joshy?

[@user-bf2zr7eo2d]

So is the rest of India,especially modi

[@HiranyaGarbh.]

Sunjoy just emulated what mainstream media keeps talking about. Not sure why? But reflected extremely poorly on the caliber of not just the person but on the organization for which he is the Chairman that is ORF.

[@kanchanar6331]

28:30 Epic! There's nothing left to counter after Minister Lavrov speaks. Such clarity! Would love to hear Minister Jaishankar and Minister Lavrov speaking on the same panel.

[@krrypt0s]

Whoever tries to discredit what he is saying through such cheap means as timestamping out of context laughter must be really afraid of what he is saying. That crowd isn't laughing at what he said, but something inaudible that happened in the background related to the person who asked the question. If you watch the entire video, you will see the audience receiving his answers with total approval, often with claps.

[@stuguy2]

@@krrypt0s Sure ...fantasy world...lies lies lies...you are nothing!

[@krrypt0s]

@@stuguy2 03:44 09:35 10:12 11:50 12:14 12:38 how about you check out these moments that reflect the real world, instead of taking a few seconds out of context to engage your fantasies? or better yet, go through the other comments here, see what holds

[@cybercamp2900]

Wonder why the video feed cut out around THE GOOD STUFF???? NSA?? USA??? Aholes🖕🏼

[@cresirj6238]

JS is a rabble-rouser, simple!

[@PajKar-is6zh]

29:00, My god he is atleast consistent. I don't know what else to say.

[@Shrijay.]

Jai hind 🇮🇳

[@Naman_2309]

Bhai pagal hai kya

[@vdasdas]

Agree/disagree with Lavrov, but the Joshi as the host was the worst part of this session. ORF, get better moderator/host. It’s a shame!

[@SunilYadav-os6eg]

Great conversation!! It's good to listen Russia point of view

[@stuguy2]

Wow another idiot on the internet! Russian language was not cancelled in the east.. It was cancelled in all Ukraine. It was established that all Government institutions shall only use Ukrainian language. Most people in Ukraine can speak and understand Ukrainian but over 80% of the population speak RUSSIAN. "When was the Ukrainian language banned? In 1804 Ukrainian as a subject and language of instruction was banned from schools. In 1811 by the Order of the Russian government, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was closed. In April 2019, the Ukrainian parliament voted a new law, the law "On supporting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language".

[@pagalvok]

ITS A 30 MIN OF COMPLAINING WHY WEST DONT LET RUSSIA TO KILL UKRAINIANS FREELY. WHAT A TERRIBLE INJUSTICE. That is their point of view.

[@QuiKelle]

Truth it is not point of view, facts are not point of view. PoW policy is a part of, western way conducting foreign policy. You can check from both sides(west and non-west archives and some media) and you can see that he just state the facts.

[@stuguy2]

@@QuiKelle Russia's facts, lies ,fabrication, fantasy. Not truth or reality!

[@QuiKelle]

@@stuguy2 Politicians from Russia aren't west type of politicians. Everything he said you can check from both sides (west and non-west, archives and even some media), and find it as a truth. In this speech, every statement of mr. Sergey Lavrov is absolutely truth. Zelensky has really issued non-negotiations with Russia decree , Victoria Nooland and CANVAS paid and made Maidan coup (BBC published it), Angela Merkel said that the Minsk Agreement was a trap for Russia to provide time for NATO to arm Ukraine, NATO promised that wouldn't expand on east, and why NATO exists now when there's no USSR? Real question is: Why Russia didn't start SMO in Ukraine in 2015? For statements about Serbia: the condition of serbian people about municipalities in Kosovo after eleven years from signing Brussels Agreement(2012.) is still not solved. Also Kumanovo agreement and Resolution 1244 of Security council of United nations(both from 1999.) for westerners doesn't exist. I am appealing on everybody who read this, please check every of this statements on both sides. @Stuart Savage What proves You have for your statements?

[@vaibhavjain2826]

Clearly the ORF chairman has a lot of personal assets/interests in the West. The MEA needs to reconsider if such a person can be the face of our leading geopolitics think-tank.

[@harshmishra3214]

Recently ORF unnecessarily played Women protests of Iran which lead to cancellation of Iranian FM visit to attend dialogue.

[@vaibhavjain2826]

@@harshmishra3214 That may have the approval of the MEA to slightly nudge the Iranians to not poke in our internal affairs like Kashmir. But if not, then that's a very serious error by the ORF.

[@harshmishra3214]

@@vaibhavjain2826 Iranians only do lip service its western countries where Kashmiri and Khalistani Separatists are enjoying safe haven.

[@vish_globalist]

Lavrov made a relevant point. The children of most of the traditional elite work or study in the USA. Think about folks like Manmohan Singh or even the current foreign minister. China is gradually breaking out of that . I say this as somebody who has lived & worked in USA.

[@Noname-oq9mk]

Love from Bengal 🕉️

[@yashkumar3196]

Bot

[@Noname-oq9mk]

@@yashkumar3196 sorry but I'm not bot😅

[@diwanrajat532]

I almost forgot I was watching a ORF event. They could bring out very valuable conversation here. Not just for Russia and India but for whole world. Mr Joshi I just can't believe what you did here.

[@vharshitha9776]

The questions of Raisina young fellows is much sensible and civil

[@sanatbhate]

Sunil Joshi's first wuestion itself shows his lack of understanding of Ukraine war. Lavrov's patience with Mr Joshi was laudable?

[@siddharthb2633]

Joshi not fit for this interview.

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

Speaks alot about himself ..not fit

[@NiceRoadTrucker]

Joshi getting schooled here. Poor homework by ORF

[@mac.505]

Russian bot with user name mig 21 pretending to be kannada truck driver That's new

[@NiceRoadTrucker]

@@mac.505 Caught me there macDaddy You get operation Iraqi Freedom

[@kaniska12]

​@@NiceRoadTrucker lol

[@jaysk9906]

The interviewer was a disgrace! You could've just substituted with a US spokesperson instead of making a mockery of Indian platform.

[@1913gg]

Yes, a disgrace!

[@bpwwwred]

The chair size is too small for Lavrov. The Event Organizer shall prepare specific chair size for each person.

[@sumedhpradhan]

lol..

[@kagenou6833]

ngl those chairs looked minimalistic but very uncomfortable

[@123forsaken]

Lavrov is such a class act we need more politicians like him

[@harshborar1]

Lavrov is on point and loved how he answered. Very disappointed by host for not doing any pre-work. He should have used this platform to ask good questions.

[@aayushbhagat3776]

What a shame, rather than talking about how to expand russia india relations and fields for cooperation for both the contries, all the talk was about the ukraine conflict. What do the indian people have to do with ukraine? We dont give a damn about ukraine.

[@Kalimera668]

It is good to finally hear something from the Russian side also in public media from a top leader of Russia. People can based on all information form their own opinion. Thank you India. Maybe you can negotiate a acceptable peace. I was not aware that Ukraine did forbid Russian language to people who have spoken Russian for centuries.

[@pat-2024]

Because it’s not true! It wasn’t forbidden and it isn’t forbidden…to speak Russia! If you open your ears 👂🏻…people everywhere in Ukraine are still speaking openly and loud Russian, also on the battlefields… It’s a Lievrov

[@seventhuser904]

​@@pat-2024Sources?

[@buellterrier3596]

Yes you don’t hear such news now, but in 2016, Even German news Deutsche Welle reported on the atrocities of the far right Azov regiments and how the Russian language was banned in the eastern parts. Now all these old reports are whitewashed.

[@aluimmumitat]

The President of Ukraine is a Russian Speaking Ukrainian. He worked as comedian in Russia and majority of his votes came from the Russian speaking parts of Ukraine. Klitschko the major of Kiev only spoke Russian. He started to speak the Ukrainian language after the war startet and it took him until summer to be fluent in in it.

[@rayden1387]

@@aluimmumitat "Immediately after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, on 23 February 2014, the Ukrainian Parliament voted to repeal the law. This decision was vetoed by the acting President Turchynov."[7][8] In October 2014, the Constitutional Court started reviewing the constitutionality of the 2012 law[9] and declared it unconstitutional on 28 February 2018.[10] In April 2019, the Ukrainian parliament voted a new law, the law "On supporting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language". The law made the use of Ukrainian compulsory (totally or within quotas) in more than 30 spheres of public life, including public administration, electoral process, education, science, culture, media, economic and social life, health and care institutions, and activities of political parties. The law did not regulate private communication. Some exemptions were provided for the official languages of the European Union and for minority languages, with the exclusion of Russian, Belarusian and Yiddish. [11][12] The Venice Commission and Human Rights Watch expressed concern about the 2019 law's failure to protect the language rights of Ukrainian minorities". This is from Wikipedia. I hope we cant consider it a pro-Russian source...

[@King-kh5zy]

WTF, ORF pardon my French, but why would you assign such host to interview Mr. Lavrov? Have some respect for your organization, the occasion and the esteemed honorable guest. The host seem totally uninterested to even listen, even fiddling with his phone. Come on.

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

G20 must talk about Minsk and middle east country bombed by nato country..this cannot be ignored

[@mostlikely...]

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[@GeorgeJacques]

@@mostlikely... Zelenskyy 🤡 NATO 🤡

[@socialmedianine]

It is rude to ask a question and not willing to get the answer by interrupting the speaker . So easy to speak the truth than to think how to lie .

[@YenDiki]

good point😎👍🙏🌹

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

Historic conversation 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪👍

[@mostlikely...]

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[@stuguy2]

Wow another idiot on the internet! Russian language was not cancelled in the east.. It was cancelled in all Ukraine. It was established that all Government institutions shall only use Ukrainian language. Most people in Ukraine can speak and understand Ukrainian but over 80% of the population speak RUSSIAN. "When was the Ukrainian language banned? In 1804 Ukrainian as a subject and language of instruction was banned from schools. In 1811 by the Order of the Russian government, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was closed. In April 2019, the Ukrainian parliament voted a new law, the law "On supporting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language".

[@pagalvok]

yeah he 30 min in a straight face complained why west don't let russia to kill ukrainians freely. What a terrible injustice... That was historic for sure.

[@GeorgeJacques]

@@mostlikely... Zelenskyy 🤡 NATO 🤡

[@captainnemo8072]

Who the hell funds ORF? Does ORF really represent India? Hmm, largest foreign contributor is Rockefeller Foundation.

[@Sanjit_conscious_planet]

Yes westerners are funding nd donating lots of money to steal the narrative war thus moderator was an absolute idiot and clown 🤡 in his profession.

[@Gi-Home]

The host seemed to embrace willful ignorance, his questions seemed completely disconnected from reality. Lavrov was brilliant and very clear minded.

[@apostate1234]

Everyone knows who got more money!!

[@apostate1234]

They hate logical discussions.

[@aniket1638]

He is chairman of orf and orf is funded by west

[@heblegirish]

I would suggest you to look at the donors of ORF, you’ll have your answers.

[@apostate1234]

@@heblegirish haha! Can't win Indians with money.

[@Nipunh]

Such a pathetic interviewer... Confused whether he should ask questions or try to be "the man who stopped the war by making Lavrov understand that there needs to be an end game"😂... Guess he couldn't handle the pressure

[@mostlikely...]

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[@kagenou6833]

​@@mostlikely... thanks for the spam of comments that brings no value to the conversation 🙃

[@GeorgeJacques]

@@mostlikely... Zelenskyy 🤡 NATO 🤡

[@pradeepbhartiya2195]

This is good platform to see the other side of coin.. Russian part.. The Indian anchor, instead of being unbiased, and patient, acted like those western anchors who question Jaishankar and India’s policies towards this issue.. We need better anchors and questionnaire..

[@sagenose1082]

His children are also at Stanford , probably

[@rakshit6405]

Damn the interviewer was so anti russia and did a horrible job there

[@yashrajsinghrajawat6349]

Ok

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

Exactly

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

American pick him.

[@dhanjeepandey4252]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dhanjeepandey4252]

Good one.....

[@senturi9645]

Super replies by @Lavrov !!!! ❤

[@AbhishekKumar-sz9fl]

Lavrov slayed this ...

[@kennvanroooy]

😂😂😂

[@stream2watch]

Especially when the audience started laughing huh, the edited out part?

[@Showstaroldtimer]

Every free country has the right to choose where they want to join...

[@JkDograJakt]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jvcsailor]

Salute To comrade S Lavrov. High calibre personality.

[@jkumar00]

👏

[@ShangDaiNagaland]

RUSSIA 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 INDIA 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 Bhai-Bhai.... We will never forget when Russians helped us during India Pakistan war in 1971 🙏🙏🙏🤝🇮🇳🙏🇷🇺

[@alokgupta6663]

Did the anchor even ask single question which mattered for India? Who is he representing? The first question by audience was more informative then all 20 minutes wasted by anchor.

[@archit7401]

Sameer Saran, ORF's CEO should have been the host. It would have been more interesting & positive. Anyways, the US state department also funds ORF & it is clearly visible in their bias against Russia.

[@sunainamishra3052]

True bro

[@aa-hb3tg]

Their promotion of quad and anti Brics attitude is also well known. Also don’t forget that our foreign ministers wife is Japanese, has3 children all settled in usa. Jaishankars eldest child is married to a white Anglo Saxon woman from usa. Jaishankars brother is a professor at uc Berkeley

[@archit7401]

@@aa-hb3tg I don't feel Dr. Jaishankar can be influenced. He works for PM Modi & his recent statements exposing the west are evidence of his loyalty towards India only. A lot of parents have their children settle in the west, that doesn't mean they change their loyalty.

[@Kya_kar_loge_jaanke]

Lavrov chewed Western Hypocrisy and Spit it right at them.

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

God bless sergey He is TRUE

[@mostlikely...]

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[@GeorgeJacques]

@@mostlikely... Zelenskyy 🤡 NATO 🤡

[@TomZychowski]

Brilliant man.

[@preranachatterjee2195]

The interviewer was extremely unprofessional- neither did he do his homework of knowing the history properly nor did he prepare well enough beforehand to ask pertinent questions to a notable diplomat like Sergey Lavrov; and above all, interrupting the guest several times while he was being patient in answering with clearly articulated facts, was very embarrassing for a representative of ORF. However, Mr. Lavrov conveyed each and every fact with irrefutable reasons, leaving no confusion or misunderstanding regarding Russia’s stand in context of the present day world.

[@1913gg]

For Goodness sake, Indian Interviewer, Lavrov represents Russia!! NOT Soviet Union!

[@mostlikely...]

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[@stuguy2]

Wow another idiot on the internet! Russian language was not cancelled in the east.. It was cancelled in all Ukraine. It was established that all Government institutions shall only use Ukrainian language. Most people in Ukraine can speak and understand Ukrainian but over 80% of the population speak RUSSIAN. "When was the Ukrainian language banned? In 1804 Ukrainian as a subject and language of instruction was banned from schools. In 1811 by the Order of the Russian government, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was closed. In April 2019, the Ukrainian parliament voted a new law, the law "On supporting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language".

[@GeorgeJacques]

@@mostlikely... Zelenskyy 🤡 NATO 🤡

[@warriorsden6965]

Great dialogue from Lavrov. This is what a Foreign Minister should be.

[@derekarnold3665]

No he is a war criminal along with Putin and a liar. Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022.

[@TheCriticalPolitician]

A Russian copy of Von Ribbentrop?

[@animeszene]

11:07 Wahrheit 😥💔

[@fancyname9909]

Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister came with facts and logic...

[@mostlikely...]

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[@stuguy2]

Wow another idiot on the internet! Russian language was not cancelled in the east.. It was cancelled in all Ukraine. It was established that all Government institutions shall only use Ukrainian language. Most people in Ukraine can speak and understand Ukrainian but over 80% of the population speak RUSSIAN. "When was the Ukrainian language banned? In 1804 Ukrainian as a subject and language of instruction was banned from schools. In 1811 by the Order of the Russian government, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy was closed. In April 2019, the Ukrainian parliament voted a new law, the law "On supporting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language".

[@fancyname9909]

@@stuguy2 Wow, what a moron... you were talking as if the entire interview was about Russian language.

[@aluimmumitat]

hahahah

[@stuguy2]

@@fancyname9909 I'm not talking, just highlighting truth and facts!!! Russia is stating that the reason for Russia's invasion was to protect Russians in Ukraine. Now listen to me! You are stupid and nobody is taking your position seriously because FACTS...Not LIES. "you were talking as if the entire interview was about Russian language." What an idiotic thing to say.. a blanket statement that says nothing. Russia is going down! The world has dictated to Russia that they are going to reset the table and Russia is out of the game for a considerable time. Like it or not that is the reality for the Russian people. The changes in the next ten years are going to surprise you. Russia has chosen to take a sovereign countries land by force and aggression. The world has finally stood up and said "Nope". So all you little asswipe children can talk shit but, Russia is finished.

[@Skyba6750]

Very enlightening! It helps world public abt Russia’s point of view.

[@rlcmark]

Lawrow is one of the most adult in the room. And I am not russian.

[@michaellawrence2762]

The person doing the interview is a pillock . Mr Lavrov once again confirms his position as a world class statesman.

[@Spittingfact481]

As an indian, I really disappointed by this interviewer... instead of him... palki sharma was a nice option 😪😪

[@sunainamishra3052]

@@Spittingfact481 no bro take it in other way... because of such questions lavrov got a chance to clarify the Russian action...he got a chance to put the other side of story the story viewpoint of Russia...

[@sunainamishra3052]

@@Spittingfact481 no need to sugarcoat westerners... Our EAM is doing best in putting the side of India neither west nor russia

[@Spittingfact481]

@@sunainamishra3052 🙏... you didn't get my point... palki could have more favor towards lavrov...and he could more expressive when palki asked question with delicate manner... i am also want the exposure of western media ✌️

[@mazury450]

Lavrov is nothing but a 'world class' liar.

[@ghulamhussainskotte2579]

Very unfortunate and damaging Raisina and my India in the crucial time of G20 to having unprepared ignorent host hosting one of the of top deplomat of our time.

[@janineskywalker527]

I have alot of respect for Sergei Lavrov as Foreign Minister representing his country and as a Historian! J.

[@pagalvok]

he and putin started a bloody WAR that KILLED and is KILLING thousands of people. Im sure you are impressed.

[@janineskywalker527]

@@pagalvok no they never started the war. You have your facts wrong! J.

[@marinapavicicpavelic2856]

Thanks .

[@Ishwarmayekar5818]

Let him speak first If not why did you call him???🤔🙏🏻🇮🇳

[@Mathin3D]

*PM Lavrov spanked that tweet!*

[@eimisavageofficial9196]

No chance for Asian or quad in asia..we east are united apart from west. 🇮🇳🇷🇺💪👍

[@yashkumar3196]

Then how will you fight china?

[@mostlikely...]

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[@aa-hb3tg]

@@yashkumar3196 why do u want to fight China ? We need good relations with them. Remember the west loves divisions in east. West will kill us all if we don’t unite and kill west first

[@yashkumar3196]

@@aa-hb3tg we will fight because they started it by starting illegal project in disputed territory in j&k (bri project in Pakistan).and capturing aksai chin,part of ladakh. There should be no doubt,we support rise of china but not when it's hostile against us.

[@GeorgeJacques]

@@mostlikely... Zelenskyy 🤡 NATO 🤡

[@andrewdenney7013]

Well said Mr Lavrov. America has subordinates or enemies & war in Europe suits them more than we can imagine. Follow the 💰💰💰

[@Ashwin737]

Samir should have hosted Mr. Lavrov

[@aa-hb3tg]

Samir is pro usa and married to German wife

[@subhashpawar2216]

Exactly.. Joshi is not like a good interviewer

[@josychirackal2869]

When we were in trouble, you were always there Russia. We will not forget that

[@user-bf2zr7eo2d]

But be the western b*tch,and embarrass their FM

[@KC-nu8yc]

Successive American administrations understood that if NATO disappeared, so too would much of its influence in Europe. We, the Americans are in essence, like the Australians and Canadians, colonies. In the end lacking in the grounding of a deeply rooted history. All our culture and traditions derive from Western European sources. We are countries that never faced any credible threat of invasion. Our generation of leaders who remember WW2 were more circumspect in the exercise of American power. But as that generation receded, the subsequent political leadership had no understanding of the consequences of hubris. "Brother against brother," a phrase used in histories of the American Civil War. It might well be used to describe the current Ukraine conflict, a trap set for Russia and Ukraine at the unification of Germany in 1990. The George H. W. Bush administration's greatest fear was that Chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Kohl would cut a deal with Micheal Gorbachev where Germany would unify outside of NATO rendering the alliance superfluous. Then Secretary of State James Baker negotiated with Gorbachev agreeing that, “there would be no extension of NATO’s jurisdiction for forces of NATO one inch to the east.” President Bush countermanded him with the statement “to hell with that.” The Warsaw pact dissolved and NATO, whose major purpose is in opposition to Russia moved steadily to the boarders of Russia. When NATO opened the door to Ukraine it meant that a major Russian Naval instillation would be inside a foreign alliances territory. They even invited Georgia, of all places. One both occasions conflicts ensued, people died. We spread our “freedom and democracy,” just like Iraq and Afghanistan, now ½ a million are already dead from this war. Scholarly works such as Collapse by Vladislav M. Zubok and Not one inch by M.E. Sarotte tell a story quite different from the American media. We are not the the “good guys” we like to think we are, not by a long shot. You bet we provoked this war and you can bet the elites in Washington, just like with Iraq, could care less how many people die. These people mean nothing to them, nothing.

[@notturno3448]

Well said! Thank you.

[@sixzero-wp3gl]

We need more people like you. Well said!

[@marinapavicicpavelic2856]

❤

[@Vishal-]

20:04

[@vmsanghrajka]

I like the plain speak of Mr. Larvov. He has his points very well laid, and none western leaders have countered it point by point. I personally love President Putin. Indian people ❤ Russian people

[@petrsovicka]

RUS 2022 = IND 1971; UAN = PAK (junta = junta...) The West says Sslenskyy = Churchill. Indians know Churchill = the Bengal famine. ('Gandhi hasn't died yet...')

[@Noname-oq9mk]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@mac.505]

​@LETHAL BURMESE DUDE like this russi bot would know the difference

[@Noname-oq9mk]

@@mac.505 I am not bot brother 😅

[@Noname-oq9mk]

@LETHAL BURMESE DUDE I did voice search, and I don't seen it properly.,😅

[@HimalayasSon5789]

Prashant dhawan sir ko Lana tha interviewr ki jgh jo homework krke toh aate

[@siddhantshrivastava1690]

This is just shameful line of continued questioning. When the delegates such as foreign ministers are interviewed in such an important summit, at least the questions should be run through, and a certain standard should be maintained. This gives such a bad impression. People like him should learn from journalists like Palki on how to question, how to maintain sanctity and so on.

[@Neha__s]

21:00 what a point by lagrov

[@dr.nandishpurli4074]

May be Alaska agreement was good, may be now it's in interest of planet to come to table and talk if interested...

[@TheNoblot]

when you do not like something and respond is called freedom of thoughs however it indicates freedom of mind it does not mean you are Right or wrong it means a reaction to a concept

[@AvramenkOff]

Скорей всего вы ищите момент на 28:28

[@krrypt0s]

Whoever tries to discredit what he is saying through such cheap means as timestamping out of context laughter must be really afraid of what he is saying. That crowd isn't laughing at what he said, but something inaudible that happened in the background related to the person who asked the question. If you watch the entire video, you will see the audience receiving his answers with total approval, often with claps.

[@AvramenkOff]

@@krrypt0s there a person even says "oh common" ... stop trying to excuse a war criminal

[@krrypt0s]

@@AvramenkOff sounds like someone in audience asked the others to maintain decorum ... stop trying to make outrageous allegations

[@AvramenkOff]

@@krrypt0s sorry, but this is not are outrageous allegations. It's reality. even if you don't like it

[@krrypt0s]

@@AvramenkOff for me, it's not a matter of liking or disliking the reality, it's just a matter of observing it

[@subhashpawar2216]

ये जोशी कैसे क्या ORF कां chairman बना 🤦🏻‍♂️... God knows