Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov´s interview with the Valdai International Discussion Club website during the 14th annual club meeting, Sochi, October 17, 2017
(World News Russia)

Question: Mr Lavrov, thank you for agreeing to talk with the Valdai International Discussion Club website. Sergey Lavrov: There`s no escaping you. Question: What did our American partners hope to achieve by inciting anti-Russia sentiment in society and by taking hostile or even outright illegal steps with regard to Russian diplomats? Sergey Lavrov: I think they want to undermine the Trump administration. Despite the inconsistency of the current US administration`s actions and Mr Trump`s extravagance, the US President has not abandoned the promise and intention to improve relations and to cooperate with Russia, which he declared during his election campaign and upon his election as president....