Russia’s foreign minister arrived in Alaska for Friday’s high-stakes US summit wearing a Soviet Union sweatshirt — an apparent jab reminding the world of the Kremlin’s ultimate goal to reassemble the Communist state.
Sergei Lavrov was seen wearing a gray sweatshirt emblazoned with “CCCP” — the Russian letters for USSR — that was partly covered by a black puffer vest as he entered the site of the talks in Anchorage.
Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022 as part of his personal ambition to re-form the Soviet Union, the collapse of which he has called “the greatest geopolitical disaster of the century.”
Sergei Lavrov wears a sweatshirt emblazoned with the Russian letters for USSR. @Zlatti_71/X
Trump is going to Alaska to meet with Putin to discuss a possible end to Russia’s war with Ukraine. APLavrov’s choice of sweater taunted the formerly Soviet Ukraine, a democratic country that has been independent since the USSR’s dissolution in 1991.
The foreign minister told reporters in Alaska that he wasn’t making “any predictions” about the outcome of the talks between Presidents Trump and Putin.
The letters are seen emblazoned on Sergey Lavrov’s sweatshirt. Russian Foreign Ministry“We have solid arguments, we have our own clear and comprehensible position,” he said. “We will present it here.”
Further symbolism was on display during a special flight from Moscow to Anchorage, where Russian journalists were served Chicken Kyiv, chief Putin propagandist and RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan posted to social media.
It was unclear if the choice of meal — which is standard fare on Russian airlines because it can be easily frozen and reheated — was intentional.
A picture of a CCCP and Soviet-style t-shirts for sale at a gift ship in Bulgaria. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAt Russia’s request, Ukrainian officials were not invited to Friday morning’s summit at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, northeast of downtown Anchorage.
President Trump has said his main goals are to convince Russia to agree to a cease-fire and a meeting with Putin, Zelensky and himself so foraml peace negotiations can begin.






