It appears that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov does not want to suffer fools. After meeting with UK Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss today, he was rather forthcoming at a press conference. It was “like the deaf talking to the blind….” There was a struggle to find common ground. “Nobody is hearing each other, and unfortunately our efforts to explain ourselves have not been heard.” Evidently, Lavrov did not find it very enlightening to hear Truss repeat the “no war in Ukraine” thing, along with “Russia must respect sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.” He responded: “Russia has been cheated and wronged for many years, many times, when it comes to agreements and obligations from other states.... Some are saying we’re waiting for the ground to freeze in Ukraine so that Russian tanks can move forward; well, this is the frozen ground between us and our British counterparts. Either our counterparts aren’t aware of the facts, or they’re ignoring them…. We’re the ones being threatened!”