Moscow, Beijing want to prevent multipolarity from turning into chaos — Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in an interview with the Shanghai Media Group that Russia and China aim to foster normal international relations. He argued against the prediction that a multipolar world will inevitably lead to chaos or fragmentation.
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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the Shanghai Media Group (SMG) in an interview”
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Multiple cross-references from TASS report that Sergey Lavrov gave an interview to the Shanghai Media Group (SMG).
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— Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Russian: Сергей Викторович Лавров, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ lɐˈvrof]; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 200…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov
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— The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic and international security organisation of ten member states. It focuses on political, economic, security and counter-terr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisat…
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— Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as secretary of the Security Council since 2024. He served as Minister of Defence of Russia f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu
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“Russia and China are interested in normal relations between all countries and are seeking to prevent multipolarity from turning into chaos”
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TASS reports the specific statement by Lavrov regarding normal relations and preventing multipolarity from turning into chaos, and another web source mentions the partnership's contribution to global strategic stability.
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— Relations between China and Russia go back to the 16th century. Though initially allies during the Cold War, China and the Soviet Union were rivals after the Sino-Soviet split in 1961.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations
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— Russia and China are interested in building normal relations among all states, including between the SCO and BRICS, the Russian foreign minister said.
https://tass.com/politics/2134171
https://tass.com/politics/2134171
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— Relations between China and Russia relations provide an important contribution to maintaining global strategic stability and international justice, Guo Jiakun also said.How Russia and China Are Turnin…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260518/china-russia-plan-to-furth…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260518/china-russia-plan-to-furth…
“the world is undeniably becoming multipolar”
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Multiple independent web search results (including columns and analysis) state that the world is shifting toward or coalescing around a multipolar structure.
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— The world is shifting toward multipolarity, deepening disorder and power rivalries. The 61st Munich Security Conference revealed that the global system has been evolving toward multipolarity. Today, w…
https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/multipolarity-is-…
https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/multipolarity-is-…
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— The 61st Munich Security Conference revealed that the global system has been evolving toward multipolarity. Today, we live in a transitory period.
https://www.setav.org/en/united-states-us/multipolarity-is-a…
https://www.setav.org/en/united-states-us/multipolarity-is-a…
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— The global system appears to be coalescing around a loose multipolar structure: Most Likely Major Powers. United States.Multipolar systems could be less stable — but also less centralized. The questio…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-quietly-moving-toward-m…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-quietly-moving-toward-m…
“following the collapse of the Soviet Union there was a single dominant power maintaining order”
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Web search results, including a historical analysis of world order, explicitly state that after the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, a single power (the US) possessed the capacity to act without meaningful constraint.
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— The Collapse of the Soviet Union.After the demise of Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the Baltic States and the Caucasus demanded independence from Moscow. In January 1991, violence erupted in Lit…
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-sovi…
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1989-1992/collapse-sovi…
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— The collapse of Soviet communism and the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 produced a radically novel situation in world politics. For the first time in the modern state system, a single power possessed…
https://raksha-anirveda.com/fracturing-world-order-time-for-…
https://raksha-anirveda.com/fracturing-world-order-time-for-…
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— The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted from several factors: chronic economic stagnation, the unsustainable financial burden of the arms race with the United States and foreign conflicts, i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Unio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Unio…
“the SCO [the Shanghai Cooperation Organization] and BRICS - the structures where both Russia and China participate”
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Wikipedia and other authoritative sources explicitly confirm that both Russia and China are founding/member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and members of BRICS.
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— The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic and international security organisation of ten member states. It focuses on political, economic, security and counter-terr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisat…
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— Foreign concessions in China were a group of concessions that existed during late Imperial China and the Republic of China, which were governed and occupied by foreign powers, and are frequently assoc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_concessions_in_China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_concessions_in_China
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— China and Russia share one of the world's most important foreign relationships. Both nations share interest in energy cooperation, military ties, and geopolitical alignment in challenging the collecti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations
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