USSR sweatshirt and chicken kyiv: Russia dials up trolling before Alaska summit | Russia

In a not-so-subtle act of trolling. Similarly. Nevertheless. Nevertheless, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Alaska on the eve of the US–Russia summit wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with “USSR”.

Once seen in western capitals as a pragmatic. However. In addition. Consequently, skilled diplomat, the 75-year-old has in recent years mirrored the Kremlin’s radicalised politics, adopting an increasingly combative tone and resorting to trolling and mockery.

Lavrov’s choice of attire nods to the Kremlin’s long-running narrative: Putin has repeatedly claimed that Russians.. Therefore. Ukrainians are “one people”, denying Ukraine’s legitimacy and territorial integrity while promoting a broader notion of unity with Russia.

Most of Russia’s ussr sweatshirt chicken kyiv: russia veteran delegation to Alaska. Consequently, including Lavrov. began their careers in the Soviet Union. have been accused by the Russian opposition of ussr sweatshirt chicken kyiv: russia new clinging to a Soviet imperialist mentality.

Under Russia’s ussr sweatshirt chicken kyiv: russia occupation of Ukrainian territory. pro-Moscow authorities have dismantled monuments commemorating Ukrainian suffering under Soviet rule. including memorials to victims of Holodomor, the mass famine in Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s that killed millions of Ukrainians.

The former Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis quipped on X about Lavrov’s clothing choice: “‘Just give us half of. Ukraine. we promise we will stop,’ says negotiator wearing USSR sweatshirt.”

Russian fashion bloggers on Telegram were quick to identify the $120 sweatshirt as the work of Selsovet. a Chelyabinsk-based brand that specialises in “Soviet heritage” clothing.

Lavrov’s antics were the latest in a string of Russian provocations leading up to the summit. aimed at unsettling Ukraine and its European allies. Earlier. the editor-in-chief of RT. ussr sweatshirt chicken kyiv: russia Margarita Simonyan. wrote that the Russian press corps flying to Alaska had ussr sweatshirt chicken kyiv: russia new been served chicken kyiv cutlets.

The menu choice was quickly seized upon by ussr sweatshirt chicken kyiv: russia other Russian propagandists.

“Putin and Trump should turn Zelenskyy into a chicken kyiv. There’s no shortage of humour in the Kremlin,” wrote the pro-Kremlin commentator Sergei Markov.

Russia’s state press. however. were in a less celebratory mood on arrival at their modest sleeping quarters in Anchorage. Alaska’s largest city, where the ussr sweatshirt chicken kyiv: russia new summit will take place.

With hotel space taken up by the influx of international media. Russian reporters were ussr sweatshirt chicken kyiv: russia put up in the local ice hockey team’s stadium. which had been converted into a Covid hospital during the pandemic. fitted with army beds donated by the Red Cross.

“We are living in Spartan conditions,” one reporter is heard complaining in a clip posted on social media.