# Lavrov: West seeks to destabilize Russia but will not achieve its goals

https://mins.news/en/item/60930

- TASS, 2026-09-16 12:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2188467

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the West is trying to undermine and destabilize Russia, but will fail. He accused Western countries of pursuing Russia’s “strategic defeat” by supplying Ukraine with weapons, technology and intelligence, and of seeking to influence how Russians vote.

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