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Lavrov, who was speaking at a news conference, said the reaction
of many Western officials to Saturday's aborted mutiny by Wagner
mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin - who had said that the facade
of Russian power had cracked - showed indirectly that the same
officials were at war with Moscow.
"We do not have to explain anything or give assurances to
anyone. We are acting transparently, the president and all the
political forces in our country have spoken on the subject. If
there are doubts in the West, that's your problem," said Lavrov.
"Russia has always emerged more resilient and stronger after any
difficulties," he added.
Russia's top diplomat said Moscow itself had doubts about the
abilities of many Western politicians.
Lavrov called for the membership of the U.N. Security Council to
be expanded in order to give more representation to Asian,
African and Latin American countries to break what he called
Western domination of the world.
"A majority of the world does not want to live according to
Western rules," said Lavrov.
He reiterated Moscow's accusation that the West, especially the
United States, was trying to prevent Russia and China from
acting independently in a multipolar world.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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