Russia calls on both Libyan sides to lay down arms

Laaska News  May 18,201
Yelizaveta Isakova.

Russia does not intend to be a mediator in the Libyan conflict, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after his talks with representatives of Gaddafi’s government in Moscow on Tuesday.

Coalition overstepping in Libya – Churkin, the permanent representative of Russia to UN

Laaska News  May 11,2011

Russia has stated that the actions of the international military coalition in Libya go beyond UN Security Council resolution 1973.

Lavrov: impact of Libya crisis unpredictable

Laaska News March 26,2011

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov paid short visits to Egypt and Algeria this week in the thick of the coalition operation in Libya.