About the annoying European representatives who are not really listened to in the Abu Dhabi talks.
Journalist: Almost all European countries have already flown there. Why does Moscow not let them enter the negotiating table?
Lavrov: Are you proposing to shoot down planes?
It's funny, but the idea is interesting. Back in 2022, they expected Russia to be wild, destroying anything that moved or was suspicious (as Iran later did), but we just drew red lines and occasionally cursed them with a nuclear Medvedev missile.
So yes. Now they recognize the right to power and nothing else.