Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said the inclusion in a television documentary of the nine-minute exchange broke the tradition of confidentiality covering private talks between leaders. “Diplomatic etiquette does not foresee unilateral leaks of such recordings,” Lavrov said. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Kremlin, complained: “When Macron called the Russian president, the entire conversation was recorded by journalists, who taped it. This is an example of the strange way they interpret the word diplomacy.’ State news agency Ria Novosti said: “For a long time the French have
