Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied information circulating in the media that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had been sent into disfavor. These rumors emerged after his phone conversation with Senator Marco Rubio and the subsequent cancellation of the planned meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not fall into disfavor with the presidential administration following a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the subsequent cancellation of the meeting between Vladimir Putin and American leader Donald Trump in Budapest.