MOSCOW. Feb 17 (Interfax) - Attempts to shift the blame for the Ukraine situation on Russia will not succeed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"It is obvious that the Americans are exercising external control [of Ukraine] and are trying to blame Russia for everything that is happening there - we know such tactics and strategies, but they won't succeed," Lavrov said at a press conference on Thursday after talks with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio.