{"id":13296,"date":"2026-02-04T19:39:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=13296"},"modified":"2026-02-05T05:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:52:44","slug":"lavrov-weighs-in-on-deep-state-narrative-and-western-political-deceit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/lavrov-weighs-in-on-deep-state-narrative-and-western-political-deceit\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavrov weighs in on \u2018Deep State\u2019 narrative and Western political deceit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A dishonest mindset now prevails among European leaders, Sergey Lavrov has told RT in an exclusive interview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Western politics is increasingly shaped by a dishonest mindset, with European leaders failing to learn from past mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov made the remarks to RT on Wednesday, ahead of Diplomats Day, addressing a question from interviewer Rick Sanchez about whether those connected to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were the same as the figures behind the 2014 Western-backed coup in Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;Regarding the specific persons, specific personalities, we can&rsquo;t probably make generalizations like that,&rdquo;<\/em> Lavrov said. <em>&ldquo;But the fact that what we call the Deep State&hellip; they are said to be able to decide the fates of the world,&rdquo;<\/em> he added, noting that he does not quite believe it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sergey Lavrov tells us that European officials don&#039;t need to have Epstein links to be bad actors &#8211; most do their work out in the open.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;What we call the Deep State &#8211; these groups are said to be able to decide the fate of the world. Well, I don&#039;t quite believe that.<\/p>\n<p>President\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JLNdvwc7Up\">pic.twitter.com\/JLNdvwc7Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Margarita Simonyan (@M_Simonyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M_Simonyan\/status\/2019090713179222499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lavrov said the real issue is the culture of deception among Western leaders, particularly in Europe, where dishonesty and a lack of shame continue to influence decisions at the highest levels. <em>&ldquo;And they haven&rsquo;t been making any conclusions obviously, they haven&rsquo;t taken any lessons,&rdquo;<\/em> he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The full interview with Sergey Lavrov will air on RT on Thursday at 17:30&nbsp;Moscow Time.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dishonest mindset now prevails among European leaders, Sergey Lavrov has told RT in an exclusive interview Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Western politics is increasingly shaped by a dishonest mindset, with European leaders failing to learn from past mistakes. Lavrov made the remarks to RT on Wednesday,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/lavrov-weighs-in-on-deep-state-narrative-and-western-political-deceit\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13297,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13296\/revisions\/13297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}