24 August 2023 20:15
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s answer to a question from the “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” programme, August 24, 2023
Question: Today, one could not help noticing that Western media reported on yesterday’s plane crash almost in unison. We saw a journalist, who had obviously been paid off by Western media, approach you. What do these synchronised actions by our colleagues mean?
Sergey Lavrov: I did not keep track of what was written or said or broadcast on this topic. I am hard put to give any comment on this issue from where I stand. An investigation was launched without delay, the case was opened. Investigators are working.
I suggest we base our judgement on facts rather than on what Western media reports.