Mother Russia is doing better than ever thanks to parallel economy - money never smells., page-26

You don't know who you are against (Russia).
As to Lavrov, when you listen to his interviews, you can learn so much more than from listening to Macron, Sunak, Scholz, etc.
Lots of substance, little BS. Same with interviews of Gaddafi, Ahmadinejad, Saddam Hussein, Mujib Shamsan and the like.