Lavrov at Primakov Readings Peace terms and world order

Oct 22, 2025

Ivan Blagoy's complete Primakov Readings report presents Sergey Lavrov's rejection of temporary Ukraine solutions and a frontline pause for talks. Lavrov says the Anchorage understandings involved no Russian concessions, recalls his September Rubio contact, cites continuing and new U.S. sanctions and says practical bilateral progress, diplomatic-property returns and direct air service remain absent. He says Russia will hear U.S. envoys. He recounts a meeting between Mikhail Galuzin and the British, German and French ambassadors after the June 7 London statement, characterizing their position as demanding Russian capitulation, and says Europe cannot be trusted. He accuses Zelensky of directing Europe. Dmitry Peskov says alleged Kyiv leadership crimes must be documented and addressed and warns Russian advances will produce irreversible consequences. A session on world order toward 2050 includes Samir Saran's unipolarity critique, Peskov's question about independent European defense, Richard Sakwa's criticism of European militarism and Manuel Galileo's assessment of British policy continuity. Opinions, allegations and predicted outcomes remain attributed; no agreement or diplomatic breakthrough is reported.

Lavrov criticizes U.S. sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft as inconsistent with the dialogue described after Anchorage. He says Biden-era measures remained and places the additional sanctions roughly a month after the summit. The identified decision occurred October 22, 2025; his approximate recollection remains in the source account.