Lavrov protects account of Trump-Putinconference – WTOV Steubenville Posted by | Jul 9, 2017 | About Russia | 0 | Lavrov defends account of Trump-Putin meeting WTOV Steubenville Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had told reporters after Friday's meeting that Trump accepted Putin's assurances that Moscow didn't meddle in the 2016 U.S. general elections a an account that appeared at odds with that of U.S. Secretary of State …