No word on whether he took to banging a table with his shoe, but otherwise the performance was evidently highly reminiscent of the Cold War (when at one point Russian planned on attacking Israel directly).
'Russia set on Mideast parley, whether Israel likes it or not'
Herb Keinon, THE JERUSALEM POST Mar. 26, 2008Posted on 28 March 2008 @ 18:43 GMTRussia is determined to go ahead with an international Middle East conference in Moscow in June whether Israel likes it or not, government sources told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, summing up Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit here last week.
The sources characterized Lavrov's one-day visit last Thursday as "nasty," saying the Russian minister was agitated throughout his meetings with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and President Shimon Peres. He was, the sources said, in a slightly better mood during his talks with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.