Russia Should Prefer to Avoid European Dependence Rather Than Restore Relations - Lavrov

Russia does not need to think about how to restore its relations with Europe, but rather think about how not to depend on Europe's economic decisions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

"I do not believe we need to think about how we can restore relations with Europe at all. We need to think about how not to depend on those... [decisions] in European policy, primarily trade, economic and investment, that Europe makes under the influence of Washington," Lavrov told the Primakov Readings forum in Moscow.