USA: 'Ukraine turmoil result of Euro-Atlantic security crisis' - Lavrov

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w/s press waiting for russian foreign minister sergei lavrov

sot, sergei lavrov, russian foreign minister (in russian): "the crisis of the whole european security system has not arisen as a result of the ukrainian events, but on the contrary, the ukrainian events reflected the deep-seated contradictions that have accumulated in the euro-atlantic area, when after the end of the cold war, as it was announced, declarations about the equal and indivisible security of all european countries were formulated."

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sot, sergei lavrov, russian foreign minister (in russian): "problems multiply in the middle east and north africa, and in addition to the common task of fighting the terrorist threat, it is important to agree on how we will support peace processes and political processes."

w/s press

sot, sergei lavrov, russian foreign minister (in russian): "no penalties for ukraine, no actions to disturb the ukrainian economy were announced and [they] are not going to be announced."

w/s russian foreign minister sergei lavrov addressing the crowd

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the security crisis in the european union was not caused by the crisis in ukraine, but the events in ukraine reflect the contradictions within the euro-atlantic region, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov told reporters at the un in new york, friday.

he also said no penalties will be applied by russia to ukraine's economy.