There are rumblings of a rift between President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: EPA PHOTO

The Kremlin has dismissed speculation that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had fallen out of favour with Vladimir Putin, after efforts to organise a summit between the Russian president and his US counterpart Donald Trump were put on ice last month.

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Lavrov, 75, a veteran Soviet-era diplomat known for his robust negotiating style, was absent from a big Kremlin meeting this week that he would typically attend, and Putin chose someone else to attend a G20 summit in

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