Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey LavrovMOSCOW, Jan 24 Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in in response to an article by the French edition of Figaro about an «uncompromising diplomat» with a face «without any hint of a smile,» published footage with a smiling Sergey Lavrov. to the Russian Foreign Minister, writing that «his face, without a hint of a smile, resembles Cold War images…» a series of photographs with a smiling or laughing minister. Zakharova called the article Le Figaro «such a funny fake» that the Western media has not yet given out.
