Growing contacts. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The call, their first in six months, was initiated by Moscow. They discussed bilateral relations and issues of global concern. Meanwhile, Russia is again the United States’ second-largest supplier of fertilizer, after exporting a record $244 million worth […]
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Daily Memo: Rubio-Lavrov Call, Taiwan-Ukraine Ties
The top diplomats from the U.S. and Russia spoke a week after their presidents shared a call.



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