Lavrov’s Day in Court, Part I: Ukraine, Minsk, Kosovo & the Broken Road to Peace

International Flavor: Where the Truth Tastes Better · Sep 17, 2026 · 1h 29m

Sergey Lavrov’s September 15 address to the 13th Ambassadors’ Round Table in Moscow was framed not merely as a political speech, but as a legal case against the West’s handling of the Ukraine crisis. In Part One, Samuel Trapp puts that case on the table and tests it document by document: Russian-language and minority rights, UN Resolution 2625 and self-determination, Kosovo versus Crimea, the abandoned February 21, 2014 political settlement, Minsk II and UN Security Council Resolution 2202, Angela Merkel’s later explanation of Minsk, and the 2022 Istanbul negotiations. Lavrov gets his day in…