Lavrov at the UN:

"The Western minority dominated 500 years on others' resources -- still trying to hold onto its privileges, imposing its rules on everyone. ... As President Putin of Russia defined it, I quote: the dictatorship of one hegemon has run amok and is simply dangerous to those around it."

"the US invasion of Venezuela ended with the seizure of President Maduro and his wife -- held in an American prison without trial. ... We insist on the swift release of the leader and his wife."

"We regard as an unacceptable act of force-diktat the killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of his family and the military and political leadership of the Islamic Republic. It is especially alarming that the US-Israeli aggression begun last June, targeted not only civilian infrastructure but peaceful nuclear sites under IAEA safeguards. This has done irreparable damage... to the entire nuclear non-proliferation system."

"Erasing Nazi Germany's guilt for the Soviet genocide, unashamed of Germany, main sponsor of the Nazi regime in Kiev, Chancellor Merz says Germany must once again become the leading military power in Europe. Do they understand in Berlin what 'again' means? Do they see where this may lead? Did World War II teach them nothing?"

"No other country on Earth but Ukraine bans a language by law. In Ukraine Russian is banned -- using it can mean prison. But the EU, which brags about European values, stays silent."

"One can only conclude that Nazism itself, and the flagrant violations of speech, information and faith, are the very essence of European values."