Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign policy manipulator in chief

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Denying that a chemical weapons attack took place on April 7 in Syria, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is again showing his mastery of deception.

And Lavrov is certainly a master. At once a charmer and a troll, he’s also a keen intellect and a skilled manipulator.

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