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Vladimir Putin's foreign minister fell over as he walked on stage to make a speech as his county's leaders decide how to respond to the spy poisoning row with the UK.
The embarrassing stumble saw Sergei Lavrov fall to the floor as he tripped over a step on his way to speak at the Russia the Land of Opportunities forum.
The veteran 67-year-old has become Putin's mouthpiece in his angry response to Britain's nerve agent charges .
He tripped in Moscow while deciding how many British diplomats to expel in the row with London over the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skirpal and his daughter Yulia.
Lavrov sprawled onto his hands and knees and picked himself up awkwardly.