At the request of Sputnik International, I commented on the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s press conference summarising the course of Russian diplomacy in 2025. The interview is available at this address: https://sputnikglobe.com/20260120/divergence-with-us-on-ukraine-exposes-europes-strategically-incoherent-foreign-policy—expert-1123496154.html. It can be also found on Sputnik International’s X account at the link https://x.com/sputnikint/status/2013631603214340537?s=46&t=D0Tpz-wadJ1IkYZbURItrw and splitted in three parts on its Telegram channel: https://t.me/SputnikInt/98512, https://t.me/SputnikInt/98513 and https://t.me/SputnikInt/98516.