{"id":2508123,"date":"2025-11-07T15:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-ally-denies-rumor-of-sergey-lavrovs-ouster-completely-untrue\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:42:50","slug":"putin-ally-denies-rumor-of-sergey-lavrovs-ouster-completely-untrue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-ally-denies-rumor-of-sergey-lavrovs-ouster-completely-untrue\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin ally denies rumor of Sergey Lavrov&#8217;s ouster: &#8216;Completely untrue&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-ally-denies-rumor-of-sergey-lavrovs-ouster-completely-untrue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2508123&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Kremlin has denied rumors that russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been dismissed,calling such reports &#8220;fully untrue.&#8221; Speculation arose after Lavrov was absent from a recent Russian Security Council meeting, though sources indicated his absence was coordinated and by agreement. The anti-Kremlin Moscow Times suggested Lavrov had fallen out of favor following a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which allegedly led to the cancellation of a planned summit between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Despite the Kremlin&#8217;s strong denial, some signs indicate a possible shift in Putin&#8217;s confidence, such as Putin appointing <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >deputy chief<\/a> of staff Maxim Oreshkin to lead the Russian delegation at the upcoming G20 summit instead of Lavrov. Lavrov remains a key figure in Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a> and a loyal ally to Putin.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Putin ally denies rumor of Sergey Lavrov&rsquo;s ouster: &lsquo;Completely untrue&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2385192\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Kremlin shot down rumors that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russian<\/a> Foreign Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sergey-lavrov\/\">Sergey Lavrov<\/a> had been sacked, calling the reports &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/absolute-fire-rand-paul-destroys-leftist-crank-george-stephanopoulos-on-big-lie-that-there-was-no-fraud-in-election-video\/\" title=\"ABSOLUTE FIRE! Rand Paul DESTROYS Leftist Crank George Stephanopoulos on BIG LIE \u2014 That There Was No Fraud in Election (VIDEO)\">completely untrue<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Speculation began to swirl around the veteran foreign minister this week when he was notably absent from a meeting on Wednesday with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council. Sources told Russia&rsquo;s <em>Kommersant<\/em> special correspondent, Andrei Kolesnikov, that his absence was coordinated and &ldquo;by agreement,&rdquo; without further elaboration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3879175\/watch-live-trump-meets-with-hungary-viktor-orban\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3879108\/typhoon-kalmaegi-leaves-5-dead-in-vietnam-after-killing-188-in-the-philippines\/\">Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 5 dead in Vietnam after killing 188 in the Philippines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3878559\/sudanese-rapid-support-forces-agrees-us-humanitarian-ceasefire-proposal\/\">RSF agrees to US humanitarian ceasefire proposal as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rsf-agrees-to-us-humanitarian-ceasefire-proposal\/\" title=\"RSF agrees to US humanitarian ceasefire proposal\">government drags feet<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The anti-Kremlin <em>Moscow Times<\/em>, based in the Netherlands, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moscowtimes.ru\/2025\/11\/06\/vlasti-rf-soglasilis-smyagchit-povyshenie-nalogov-dlya-msp-no-menshe-chem-prosil-biznes-a179331\">went a step further<\/a>, reporting that Lavrov had fallen out of favor following his phone call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that caused a planned summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to fall through.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin forcefully shot down the rumors on Friday, saying there was no basis to them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing in these reports that corresponds to reality,&rdquo; Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told reporters when asked about the rumors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of course, Lavrov is working as Minister of Foreign Affairs,&rdquo; he added when asked if Lavrov was still in his position as head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Kremlin&rsquo;s rebuttal, other pieces of evidence suggest a possible shift in Putin&rsquo;s confidence in Lavrov.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3879513\/trump-orban-white-house-meeting-russian-oil-ukraine-peace\/\">ORBAN LAYS ON TRUMP CHARM OFFENSIVE, SEEKS TO SWAY HIM ON RUSSIAN OIL AND UKRAINE PEACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peskov announced on Thursday that deputy chief of staff of the presidential administration Maxim Oreshkin would lead the Russian delegation to this year&rsquo;s G20 summit, a position usually held by Lavrov. The decision was made directly by Putin, though no reason was given.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov has earned the position of one of the most prominent figures in Putin&rsquo;s government, a loyal ally during his tenure and the global face of Russia&rsquo;s foreign policy. His quick wit and aggressive defense of Moscow&rsquo;s behavior have made him the most prominent figure in Russian diplomacy since the birth of the modern Russian Federation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin ally denies Lavrov ouster rumors: &#8220;Completely untrue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2508124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25233452692472_ea3710.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3733,66703,58718],"class_list":["post-2508123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-putin","tag-russian-politics","tag-sergey-lavrov"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25233452692472_ea3710.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508127,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508123\/revisions\/2508127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}