MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump and praised him for pointing to NATO’s plan to embrace Ukraine as a root cause of the nearly 3-year-old conflict.

Russia is preparing to have conversations about its war on Ukraine with the United States ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 for a second term at the White House."No special conditions are needed for this.

Sergey Lavrov, Russia's long-serving Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been a central figure in shaping the country's diplomatic policies for decades.

This analysis follows a recent interview given by Nikolai Patrushev, an aide to Vladimir Putin and former secretary of Russia’s Security Council, to the Russian outlet Komsomolskaya Pravda. The interview,

Ukraine has not abandoned the principle of not negotiating personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin, says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in an interview with European Pravda. The journalist asked Sybiha what Kyiv's current position is on direct talks with Putin,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responds to President Donald Trump's push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. Drawing comparisons to Russia's controversial moves in Crimea and Ukraine, Lavrov argues that the United States should first seek the approval of the people of Greenland before proceeding with any plans for territorial acquisition.

Russia has accused the United States of seeking to sabotage TurkStream, the last pipeline carrying Russian gas exports into Europe. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov alleged at a news conference on Tuesday that Washington is encouraging “terrorist” attacks on his country’s energy infrastructure,

In a scathing remark, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticizes the U.S. for its handling of California's devastating wildfire crisis, which has caused $250 billion in damage, drawing a stark comparison to the financial aid sent to Ukraine.

Andrej Danko, Deputy Speaker of Slovakia's Parliament, who led a delegation to Moscow, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday, 14 January. Source: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

The incoming US leader’s terms to help end the war remain unclear as fighting rages in western Russia and east Ukraine.

President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine, but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.