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Lavrov absent from key Kremlin meetings amid reports of tensions with Washington

14 November 2025 16:34 (UTC +04:00)

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council, APA's Moscow bureau reports, citing the Kremlin press service.

It was reported that the topic of the meeting was the fight against violations of the law committed using information and communication technologies.

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Head of the Presidential Administration Anton Vaino, Presidential Assistant Nikolai Patrushev, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not attend the meeting.

Note that Lavrov has not participated in events held with the president for some time.

According to the Russian press, after Sergey Lavrov’s last phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Trump has postponed his meeting with Putin in Budapest. Local media report that the Russian foreign minister’s tough conversation with his American counterpart ended the recent softening observed in negotiations with Washington, and for this reason Lavrov has drawn the Kremlin’s ire. It is reported that he has not participated in any state events recently. Moreover, on November 11–12, during the talks held in the Kremlin with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Lavrov was not part of the Russian delegation. He was replaced by his deputy, Mikhail Galuzin.