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Lavrov: Occupation of Crimea "a done deal"

President Trump said last week that the Kremlin occupation of Crimea is not being discussed right now, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the occupation is a "done deal." Russia does not "negotiate its own territory," Lavrov said. Russian President Vladimir Putin forcibly took the territory from Ukraine in 2014, and returning the territory is considered a red line for Ukraine.

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Russia: U.S. is wrong about ending Ukraine war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in New York for U.N. meetings on Ukraine and the Middle East, told CBS News correspondent Pamela Falk in an exclusive interview that the new generation of politicians in the U.S. demonizes Russia. Lavrov claimed that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Davos last week misrepresented Russia's willingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, saying Russia is indeed ready but is being treated unfairly by the United States. Russia's top diplomat complained that U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Davos last week misrepresented Russia's willingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine and that Russia is indeed ready, complaining all the while about unfair treatment by the United States. And, he would not answer questions about military cooperation with North Korea.

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