Sergey Lavrov

Some of the key events about Sergey Lavrov

• 1972

  Graduated with honors from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
• 1981

  Began diplomatic career at the Soviet embassy in Sri Lanka
• 1988

  Appointed as First Secretary of the Soviet Permanent Mission to the United Nations
• 1994

  Appointed as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• 2004

  Appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
• 2006

  Elected Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
• 2008

  Played a key role in negotiating a ceasefire during the Russo-Georgian War
• 2008

  Defended Russia's military intervention in Georgia, which was widely condemned internationally
• 2011

  Opposed UN Security Council resolutions against Syria during its civil war
• 2012

  Received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 1st class, Russia's highest civilian honor
• 2014

  Justified Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, violating international law
• 2014

  Denied the presence of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine despite evidence to the contrary
• 2015

  Participated in negotiations leading to the Iran nuclear deal
• 2016

  Accused the West of supporting a "coup d'état" in Ukraine, contradicting international consensus
• 2018

  Dismissed evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
• 2019

  Awarded the title of Honorary Doctor by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
• 2019

  Defended Venezuela's Maduro regime against international criticism
• 2020

  Rejected findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent
• 2021

  Threatened to sever ties with the EU if it imposed sanctions over Navalny's imprisonment
• 2022

  Justified Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, calling it a "special military operation"

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