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File photo of US Secretary of State John Kerry with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who are meeting in Geneva in another bid to reach Syria consensus [Xinhua]
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told reporters that he hoped a last-ditch effort by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry can reach a breakthrough in their talks on Syria today.
“We are all hoping for positive conclusions. The discussions are addressing complex, delicate and difficult issues,” de Mistura said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and German Steinmeier made statements in Yekaterinburg   Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, speak to the press after their

5/5 (1) Many saw this op-ed piece on Zero Hedge, and I have to admit I found it amusing and fun, so thought I'd pass it along, if for nothing else than the expressions on Mr.…
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5/5 (10) The coup and its aftermath in Turkey have been so dominating the news that my plans for scheduled blogs this week has been all but upended, but in any case, there are more things…
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5/5 (11) Last Thursday I blogged about the increasing opposition in Europe to the sanctions regime on Russia, and on the increasing role of France in leading European opposition to the diktats of Washington and the…
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4.38/5 (16) There's been an interesting, but entirely predictable, development in Russia in recent weeks, and regular readers here will have come to expect it. For years I've been predicting that America's foreign policy of the…
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4.57/5 (7) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave a VERY important press conference Jan 26th, and this was followed by a visit of Henry Kissinger to Vladimir Putin. Listen for Joseph's entended comments.
Putin meets with…
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Kerry is in for a big surprise on Tuesday. He’s about to learn that Putin takes war very seriously and is not going to let Washington sabotage his plans for success. If Kerry’s smart, he’ll pass along that message to Obama and tell him he needs to dial it down a notch if he wants to avoid a war with Russia.

by Mike Whitney