Sergey Lavrov
Moldova's rebel region leader asks for more Russian peacekeepers, helicopters
February 18, 2010The president of Moldova's breakaway Dniester region, Igor Smirnov, has advocated the consolidation of the military strength of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in the region at a recent meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy...
Acting president says CIS "obsolete" but beneficial to Moldova
October 12, 2009It is beneficial to Moldova to be a member of the CIS even though this organization is "becoming obsolete", the acting president and parliament speaker, Mihai Ghimpu, said at a news conference on the results of the CIS summit in Chisinau on...
Russian foreign minister criticizes Moldova over Dniester peacekeeping
October 09, 2009Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has not ruled out the possibility of raising the issue of possible changes to the format of the peacekeeping operation in Moldova's breakaway Dniester region in the future. "It is possible to settle the issue...
Moscow Reprises Another Tactic against Ukraine
October 08, 2009By Paul Goble Over the last decade, the Commonwealth of Independent States has been reduced to little more than a club of presidents of the 11 and now, after Georgia’s withdrawal, 11 former Soviet republics. But so few presidents are slated...
Transnistrian conflict to be solved through dialog
October 02, 2009Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat told a news conference today that the issue of Russian troops' withdrawal from Moldova's rebel Dniester region (aka Transnistria) and of replacing the current peacekeeping mission in the region with an international...