Ukraine: Russia Doesn’t Want War, Yet Won’t Allow its Interests to be Disregarded, Lavrov insists

Russia is not interested in a war, yet Moscow won’t allow its security interests to be disregarded, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with radio stations on Friday. “If it depends on the Russian Federation, there won’t be a war. We do not want wars, but we won’t allow our interests to be flagrantly stepped on and ignored,” he emphasized. The Russian top diplomat noted that the talks with the U.S. and NATO on security issues have not yet been concluded. “As you know, the Americans and NATO members have studied our extremely simple proposals contained in…