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Lavrov spoke about Russia's withdrawal from the OSCE

2026-06-25

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[REGNUM.RU] Russia should withdraw from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), but the decision rests with President Vladimir Putin. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced this on June 24.

"It's up to the president to decide, but I would definitely leave this organization if not for one circumstance—others won't leave," Lavrov noted during a speech at the 12th International Scientific and Expert Forum "Primakov Readings" in Moscow.

He noted that the platform also allows Moscow to respond with facts to criticism from other states. Participation in the OSCE gives Russia the opportunity to publicly refute accusations and present its position.

On June 8, Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, stated that the organization, in its current state, is incapable of containing the spread of chaos in Europe. According to the diplomat, it has departed from the principles upon which it was originally founded and is therefore unlikely to be useful in the current situation. Polyansky explained that the OSCE was originally conceived as a platform where each country could speak for itself, and this was its strength.

Polyansky previously called the wording in the organization's chairmanship's response to Moscow's call to condemn the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on Starobilsk provocative. He noted that the wording in the document was "very carefully chosen," but that it contained "no hint" of condemnation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack.

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