More likely Lavrov is hoisted on his own petard

Iran launches surprise drill near Turkey border

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is accusing the United States of playing "very dangerous games" with the Syrian Kurds, whose fighters were top US allies in the war against the Islamic State group in Syria.
Lavrov said during a visit to Kazakhstan on Wednesday that the US first propped up the Syrian Kurdish "quasi state" in northeastern Syria and is now withdrawing its support.
He says that "such reckless attitude to this highly sensitive subject can set fire to the entire region, and we have to avoid it at any cost."
Russian news agencies carried Lavrov''s comments and reported that Moscow has communicated that position Washington.
Lavrov didn''t directly address the issue of Turkey''s anticipated invasion into northeastern Syria but said that Moscow is encouraging the Kurds and the Syrian government to settle their difference through talks.
The top Russian diplomat stressed that both Damascus and the Syrian Kurds have said they are "open to dialogue, and we will do our best to help launch talks on this subject."

The Russian position has been that foreign troops should leave Syria, we did, we only had a few hundred.

Sergey needs a better comeback, like he might decide just exactly how important is the North East to Syrian interests, because is will be in the hands of Thousands of Turkish troops soon, with their allies, the Syrian Rebels. Maybe the time to talk to the Kurds was yesterday?