© Ramil Sitdikov / SputnikRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Recalling the elections in France, the Catalonia independence referendum and the Brexit vote, the seasoned diplomat, known for his sense of humor, was asked to share Moscow's foreign policy plans for next year.
"You haven't mentioned all we've done. What about Sweden, Denmark, Montenegro, Macedonia and Austria? We've worked hard, [meddling] isn't that easy," Lavrov joked on NTV channel's 'Mezhdunarodnaya Pilorama' ('International Sawmill') show.
Russia got so involved in other states' affairs, it didn't have enough time for other important things. "For instance, to develop cultural ties with Japan, we had to organize a big and successful festival there [at the last moment]," Russia's Foreign Minister said. "However, so far, we've failed to take down the Japanese Emperor."
Apparently, the Japanese leader still "has two more years." "We did everything to speed up the process, but he managed to beg for some more time," Lavrov said sarcastically.
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The MSM was not amused. It takes certain amount of brain cell capacity and common sense to get intellectual jokes and those the 'meddling' jokes were aimed at don't seem to have it. If they did there would be no need to joke about that 'Russian meddling' in the first place.