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Sergei Lavrov's choice of attire, a USSR sweatshirt, sparked controversy upon his arrival in Alaska for talks between Putin and Trump. Critics viewed the garment as a provocative symbol of Russian ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wore a CCCP sweatshirt as he arrived in Alaska for the summit with President Trump. That is the Russian acronym for the USSR. Serhii Plokhy, a professor of ...

16:16, Fri, Aug 15, 2025 Updated: 17:03, Fri, Aug 15, 2025 One of Vladimir Putin's closest allies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Alaska ahead of the summit between the Kremlin's ...

Russia’s foreign minister arrived in Alaska for Friday’s high-stakes US summit wearing a Soviet Union sweatshirt — an apparent jab reminding the world of the Kremlin’s ultimate goal to reassemble the ...

Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat, Sergei Lavrov, appeared to take a swipe at Donald Trump with his choice of dress as he touched down in Alaska on Friday. Reporters filmed the Russian foreign minister ...

A key ally of Vladimir Putin appeared to troll the West as he arrived in America wearing a Soviet Union sweatshirt. CCCP is Russian for the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the official ...

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was spotted wearing a USSR sweatshirt as he arrived in Anchorage ahead of Russia’s highly anticipated summit with US president Donald Trump. The veteran ...

Russia has flipped Donald Trump 'a middle finger the size of the Statue of Liberty' after Vladimir Putin's right-hand man arrived for peace talks in a T-shirt glorifying the Soviet Union. Foreign ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov appeared to be wearing a sweater with the letters “CCCP” — Russian for USSR — upon his arrival in Alaska. Lavrov will be part of the Kremlin’s delegation when ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov touched down in Anchorage on Thursday wearing a white “CCCP” sweater – the Soviet-era Cyrillic spelling of USSR – ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace talks with ...

Wall Street Journal Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov caught Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arriving in Alaska wearing a sweatshirt with the logo of the Soviet Union on it.