Lavrov says Russia does not engage in organizing ‘color revolutions’

VIENNA, May 6 (Itar-Tass) - Russia does not engage in the supplanting of regime or in the organization of ‘color revolutions’, particularly the ones with a brownish taint, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. “We didn’t have any intentions to organize anything in Ukraine and, on the contrary, we called on others to stop meddling with Ukraine’s affairs,” he said. It is all too obvious for Moscow that the EU and the U.S. made the controversies in Ukraine highly instrumental for promulgating their one-sided interests, Lavrov said. Along with it, the raised the hope that Russia and its Western partners could pool their efforts in order to help the Ukrainians launch a national dialogue. “Still, it’s the Ukrainians themselves who should make practical steps,” Lavrov said. “”Unfortunately, our Western partners are not prepared yet for an equitable participation of the southeast of Ukraine in the national dialogue,” he said. Learn more on itar-tass.com