The news out of Moscow is a bit of non-news: Russia’s top diplomat is still in his job.
On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moved to tamp down intense media speculation about a potential reshuffle at the highest echelon of Russian foreign policy. The reason? Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s prominent absence from a Russian Security Council meeting on Wednesday, when President Vladimir Putin floated the possibility of full-scale nuclear testing.
“There is no truth to these reports whatsoever,” Peskov said on a call with reporters Friday.
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