Russian minister's claim Ukraine war 'launched against us' met with laughter

[orangecrush]

"The war, which we are trying to stop, which was launched against us using Ukrainian people, of course, influenced the policy of Russia, including energy policy,” he said, briefly stumbling over his words as people in the audience laughed.

Lavrov continued: “And the blunt way to describe what changed: we would not any more rely on any partners in the west. We would not allow them to blow the pipelines again,” in a reference to the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea in September.


https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/04/russia-sergei-lavrov-ukraine-war-india-conference


Putin has effectively eliminated any respect or trust in Russia.

[gratuitous]

1. Not like the good old days, is it Sergei?

You know, back when you had private meetings in the Oval Office without any security? Getting code word classified intelligence, and the president himself would side with your overlord over his own intelligence community? Ah, life was good for Russia when your puppet was in office.

Now? Not so much, and Russia will risk slipping to third world status for a generation.

[Turbineguy]

2. Yes, Ukraine punched Russia in the fist

with its eye.