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As world leaders come together for the 79th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, the Kremlin unleashes a torrent of blatant lies and fabrications to confuse and deceive. [...]

Liar in a fancy suit

In a recent interview, Lavrov unleashed a torrent of disinformation, portraying Russia as a ‘noble defender’ against Western hegemony. Lavrov did not shy away from painting a distorted picture of the West in an attempt to strike an anti-colonialist nerve while dismissing Russia’s own murderous colonial past.

Simultaneously, he claimed that Russia is creating ‘potential that will help countries become independent of the unipolar world’. A weird thing to say while trying to destroy the independence and sovereignty of a neighbouring country. It is classic Kremlin duplicity to ignore Russia’s own ongoing imperialistic conquest in Ukraine and colonial exploitation within its own borders, while shedding false tears over alleged Western unipolarity.

Lavrov’s blatant misrepresentation of Russia’s war against Ukraine is particularly repulsive. He falsely claimed that the West is ‘waging a war in Ukraine with the EU’s own hands against Europe’s interests’, seemingly oblivious to Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine that started the war. In an attempt to justify this aggression, Lavrov invoked a distorted interpretation of the UN Charter.

Lavrov also attempted to position Russia as a defender of traditional values against what he termed the West’s ‘non-traditional values’, implying a moral superiority that stands in stark contrast to Russia’s actions on the world stage. Throughout the interview, Lavrov consistently aimed to portray Russia as a ‘victim of Western aggression’, while simultaneously justifying Russia’s own aggressive actions and deflecting any criticism.

These morons don't even know the difference between "less" and "fewer".