In a bold display amid tense negotiations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived at a summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with “CCCP,” the Cyrillic abbreviation for the Soviet Union. The move is being seen as a direct troll aimed at Ukraine, and a prominent assertion of Russia’s ambitions to reclaim former Soviet territories. Lavrov was seen sporting the shirt in Anchorage, Alaska, ahead of Trump and Putin’s meeting to discuss ending Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine. Lavrov has arrived for the meeting in a shirt that says СССР (USSR). https://t.co/D5yrC2MFhD pic.twitter.com/h5HYuvTrob — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 15, 2025 The key figure in Putin’s inner circle arrived wearing the gray USSR sweatshirt partially covered by a black puffer vest….
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