Propaganda faces a headwind: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is laughed at in New Delhi. The public doesn’t believe his false claims.

New Delhi – It probably doesn’t happen too often with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov either: Putin’s confidante shows up at a conference in New Delhi – and is immediately laughed at. On the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers’ meeting in India, Lavrov first poured out the propaganda he had been brewing for months about Ukrainian War spread: “You know, the war that we are trying to end and that was launched against us, where Ukraine was used …” Lavrov said in response to a question about energy policy, until he was interrupted by laughter.

After a brief pause, to the laughter of the audience, he then added hesitantly that (the war) had affected Russian politics, including energy policy. Russia will never again depend on partners in the West. Instead, they want reliable partners in energy policy, India and China certainly among them.

Lavrov in India: The Russian Foreign Minister reacted angrily to the moderator

At the end of a good 30 minutes, via a news site First post During a lecture broadcast at the Raisina conference, the moderator said goodbye to Lavrov and asked if he could promise that the next talk would take place at a less dangerous time.

“The Americans will surely suggest some questions that you can use,” said Lavrov, standing up, smiling and walking off the stage laughing. A multilateral geopolitical and economic conference, organized by a think tank and India’s Ministry of External Affairs, is held annually in New Delhi.

Lavrov in India: Russia’s foreign minister has become a joke

Laughter at Lavrov’s appearance caused a great resonance in social networks. Lavrov became a “joke figure”, world powers were just laughed at, it must have been a shame, according to the reactions.

India has strong economic and military ties with Russia and wants to remain neutral. Most of the equipment of the Indian Armed Forces comes from Russia. Recently, the South Asian country with the second largest population after China abstained at the UN General Assembly in a vote on a resolution on the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The resolution contained demands for peace and Moscow’s withdrawal. (lp/dpa)