--- title: "Sibiga Responds to Lavrov: The 'SMM' Against Nazism Should Be Conducted in Russia Itself" description: "Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga sarcastically responded to Sergey Lavrov's statement about 'Nazism in Europe,' declaring that the 'SMM' against it should be conducted in Russia itself. Kyiv also called for decisive steps and sanctions amid strikes on objects." date: 2026-09-07T17:22:01.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/sibiga-responds-to-lavrov-smm-against-nazism-in-russia tags: [ukraine-russia, foreign-policy, sergey-lavrov, andriy-sybiha, diplomacy, sanctions] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Sibiga Responds to Lavrov: The 'SMM' Against Nazism Should Be Conducted in Russia Itself ![Man in a business suit against a world map backdrop — frame illustrating Sybiga's reply to Lavrov on the 'special military operation' against nazism](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/07/sibiga-otvetil-lavrovu-svo-protiv-natsizma-v-rossii/sibiga-otvetil-lavrovu-svo-protiv-natsizma-v-rossii-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Sibiga parried Lavrov's words about 'Nazism in Europe,' stating that the 'SMM' against it should be conducted in the European part of Russia. - Lavrov made these remarks during a speech to students at MGIMO on September 7. - Sibiga earlier characterized the strike on a Coca-Cola plant in Kyiv Oblast as an attack on American business and called on the U.S. to adopt a law on sanctions against Russia. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga reacted sharply to yet another propagandistic statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who in his speech once again returned to the theme of 'Nazism in Europe' and declared that the 'special military operation' must end in such a way that 'no Nazism remains in Europe.' Kyiv called this rhetoric a cynical manipulation and parried it with a sarcastic yet precise response. ### Diplomatic Exchange: Sibiga Parodies Lavrov's Rhetoric According to RBC-Ukraine, Sibiga commented on Lavrov's words in a blunt manner: 'To achieve this goal, a special military operation would have been required in the European part of Russia,' the Ukrainian minister stated. In this way, Kyiv effectively turned Russian logic's own weapon against it: if 'Nazism' supposedly requires an 'SMM,' then, in Sibiga's irony, such an operation should have been carried out in Russia itself, not on the territory of Ukraine and other European countries. ### Context of the Speech at MGIMO Earlier, Russian media reported that Lavrov made these remarks during a speech to students at MGIMO on September 7. He cynically asserted that the 'SMM' must end in such a way that 'no Nazism remains in Europe.' The Ukrainian side regarded this as an attempt to legitimize aggression through a fabricated narrative of a 'Nazi threat,' which has no factual basis and serves only as a tool of domestic and foreign propaganda. ### Hybrid War and the Strike on the Coca-Cola Plant The response to Lavrov's words came against the backdrop of Sibiga's broader campaign against Russia's hybrid war. As RBC-Ukraine reported, the Ukrainian minister earlier characterized the Russian strike on a Coca-Cola plant in Kyiv Oblast as a deliberate attack on American business. This incident, he said, demonstrates Moscow's willingness to strike objects linked to Western companies, thereby escalating the conflict beyond the immediate theater of military operations. ### Calls for Decisive Steps and Sanctions Against this backdrop, Sibiga called on European governments to take decisive action in response to Russia's hybrid aggression. In particular, he once again addressed the U.S. House of Representatives with a call to adopt the Law on Sanctions Against Russia, emphasizing the need for strict economic and political pressure on Moscow. The totality of these statements forms a unified Kyiv line: to expose propagandistic narratives, to document strikes on civilian and economic objects, and to demand concrete sanctions and political measures from allies. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Sibiga Mocks Lavrov: The 'SMM' Against Nazism Should Be Conducted in Russia](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/sibiga-vismiyav-lavrova-svo-proti-natsizmu-1788801452.html) - Основной источник цитаты Сибиги и контекста заявления Лаврова. - [Lavrov Names a Cynical Condition for Ending the War: Ukraine Gives a Sharp Response](https://glavred.info/war/lavrov-nazval-cinichnoe-uslovie-prekrashcheniya-voyny-v-ukraine-dali-rezkiy-otvet-10794821.html) - Подтверждает формулировку условия Лаврова и реакцию Киева. - [Sibiga Sharply Responds to Lavrov and Suggests Conducting the 'SMM' in Russia Itself](https://society.comments.ua/news/warrussia/sibiga-rezko-otvetil-lavrovu-i-predlozhil-provesti-svo-v-samoy-rossii-815570.html) - Совпадает по сути ответа Сибиги. - [Sibiga Mocks Lavrov](https://charter97.org/ru/news/2026/9/7/697628/) - Датировано 7.09.2026, подтверждает хронологию. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What exactly did Sibiga say in response to Lavrov? **A:** Sibiga stated that, by Lavrov's logic, 'eradicating Nazism' would require a 'special military operation' in the European part of Russia. ### Q: Where and when did Lavrov make the controversial remarks? **A:** According to Russian media reports, Lavrov said this during a speech to students at MGIMO on September 7. ### Q: What other context accompanied Sibiga's response? **A:** Sibiga earlier characterized the strike on a Coca-Cola plant in Kyiv Oblast as an attack on American business and called on the U.S. House of Representatives to adopt a law on sanctions against Russia.