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Looks like Liz Truss’ Moscow trip has not gone down well with Lavrov, who said UK diplomats came “unprepared” to their meeting and said it was “like a mute talking to a deaf person”

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The public dressing-down Lavrov gave Liz Truss was so brutal, and the gap between them so yawning, you almost have to wonder why they even had the meeting – and Lavrov did indeed wonder that aloud during an excruciating press conference in Moscow

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Russian and British foreign ministers exchange barbs after frosty Moscow meeting

Sergei Lavrov describes meeting with Liz Truss as ‘dialogue of a mute person with a deaf person’

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Things behind the scenes were even worse, according to

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. Lavrov said, "Do you recognize Russia's sovereignty over Rostov and Voronezh oblasts?" Truss said the UK would "never" do so – before the ambassador told her they're not in Ukraine kommersant.ru/doc/5207486?tg

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Obviously I get Truss was trying to channel Thatcher with this visit, but she must have been absolutely boiling in that outfit – it's unseasonably warm in Moscow, was 2°C yesterday

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That was interesting. Did Lavrov think his prank will help to gain trust?

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Jesus.

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Even though Truss is of limited capabilities you seem to believe everything coming from Lavrov and friends.

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This seems hard to believe.

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NATO partners will again be concerned about the Truss/Johnson idiocracy screwing with their diplomatic efforts.

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Jeez. We are not even being made to look like fools on the world stage, we are doing it for ourselves

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JensFrandsen

@Jensfrandsen67

Calm down. Is this the only issue today? Surely Ukraine independency is more important

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But they are Ukrainian.

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Just like the Baltic states are by the Black Sea, according to Ms Truss.

Jean Sébastien Lévesque

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Well, at night, all seas are black.

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Homer Simpson would have done better. It’s a blatant trick question not even indirect. Wars have started for less. Questions have to be asked why she is even in that post and who on earth is briefing her. Not surprising there’s no respect from the Russian they aren’t stupid.

UK tradition.

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Anyone asked her to find Kaliningrad on a map?

Sveta

@SvePan1108

True. But also, did you ask an average "Russian"? Members of the RF's Duma are famously hazy if Britain is on the continent.

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Sir 𝖘𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖊𝖚𝖗 𝔣𝔟𝔭𝔢 Order of the Garter

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She is happily handing them propaganda presents as the result of a reluctance or inability to assimilate and retain information.

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To be fair my ancestors (pre revolution) owned Voronezh (Maslovka), so I declare myself Lord Protector of the independent Sovereign State of Voronezh

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just realised that the Isle of Wight looks a bit like Crimea

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no reason to trust the source (and I do not mean Kommersant)

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Apart from it fitting Truss mental capabilities perfectly

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I really hope it is not true

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For context, these aren't random places in Siberia they are the regions right on the border with Ukraine and if she had just looked at a map she could have avoided this humiliation.

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Rich Tim "Not a Bear Market" Yolongsky (R.T.Y.)

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is this like Millionaire where she had a lifeline to look at a map?

Foggy Hedgehog

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After the fall of USSR the West decided it doesn't need diplomacy anymore. That's why we are at this point.

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"The West"? But aren't talks between Russia, the US, France and Germany currently underway?

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Karen #ProEU Flag of European Union

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It's beyond parody.

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Да...Британия уже не та, не та...

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Oh good god. Neutral face

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Oh dear

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When Lavrov stops talking, she’d better put her winter outfit on.

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I can't imagine this being true. The British foreign minister must know where Rostov and Voronezh are, right? Right?

Nope and nope.

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Christ almighty Flushed face

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I'd call a trip complete success!! Opposite what you wrote. No more greenwashing, no more pretending we are not soviet union anymore. Downing street will count everty UK nuclear head and recheck sub readiness next morning

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Oh, Britain’s got a problem. Wow.

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Did he like here Thatcher dressing up clothes?

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according to Kommersant Clown face

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Why? She’s so thick and unprepared that she mixes up Baltic and Black Sea in one sentence.

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How very Lavrov. Truly the big beast of diplomacy and happy to throw his weight around for his amusement and for others discomfort

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And for tonight's RT 'Comedy Hour'!

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Now starts the global EU communication that the UK is a former member and its views are its own..

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The EU about UK Downwards arrow

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