Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov answers a question by the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin televised programme, Moscow, June 14, 2024

Question: Just now, answering our colleague’s question (he asked you whether you were positive that they would not double cross us) you said that, of course, you were not. But we were talking rather about Kiev. What about the West? What is there to discuss with them, if they are always deceiving us?

Sergey Lavrov: The focus was on the West even more than on Kiev.

Question: How can we come to terms on anything with them in that case?

Sergey Lavrov: President Vladimir Putin is a patient person. He who has ears will hear. He who has brains will know what this is all about. I’m not sure these people have these organs functioning properly, but hope dies last.