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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Lavrov says Russia won’t be ‘punished for independent foreign policy’

Published Jan. 26, 2016 at 11:57 am

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrive for talks on the Syria peace process in Zurich on January 20, 2016, in Davos.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will not allow the West to punish if for conducting an independent foreign policy.

"Attempts are still being made to make unilateral gains and even to punish us for an independent foreign policy," Lavrov told his annual news conference in Moscow on January 26.