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Kremlin Denies Rift With Lavrov as Security Council Absence and G20 Change Raise Questions

The pushback follows reports tying the shelved Trump–Putin meeting to a tough September call between the Russian foreign minister and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, second left, attends a US-Russia summit on Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday, at which Lavrov did not attend.
Sergey Lavrov has been the face of Russian diplomacy for over two decades and previously served as Russia’s ambassador to the UN.
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, attends a meeting with Indian Prime Minister on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin on September 1, 2025.

Overview

  • Peskov told reporters there is no truth to claims of a falling-out and said Sergey Lavrov continues to serve as foreign minister, according to TASS.
  • Lavrov was the only permanent member missing from this week's in-person Security Council meeting, which Kommersant reported he skipped "by agreement."
  • Putin signed a November 4 decree appointing Deputy Chief of Staff Maxim Oreshkin to lead Russia’s delegation to the G20 in Johannesburg, replacing Lavrov.
  • Russian outlets and Telegram channels have portrayed Lavrov as sidelined or in "disgrace," though the Kremlin has rejected that narrative and no formal action has been confirmed.
  • Reporting links the suspension of a planned Budapest meeting between Putin and President Donald Trump to a September Lavrov–Rubio call that showed no movement on Ukraine, followed by new U.S. sanctions on Moscow.