Brian Whitmore: Lavrov’s straight-faced charade
US State Secretary John Kerry (R) talks to Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as they prepare to pose for a group photo during the East Asia Foreign Ministers' meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) annual ministerial meeting, being held in Vientiane on July 26.
You've really got to hand it to Sergei Lavrov for being able to say the things he says with a straight face. The Russian foreign minister says Moscow is "seriously concerned" about the escalating violence in the Donbas.
