Sergey Lavrov, like Putin, thought that this UN Secretary General, António Guterres, was like all his predecessors: quiet, silent, maneuverable and powerless.The "joker" came out to them.At the joint press conference, Lavrov exhaustively repeated Russia's unseemly arguments for invading Ukraine, tried to pocket the UN, given its founding and permanent member status, and felt that Guterres would never be a source of tension against to journalists.Unlucky, both.Putin then gave him the usual syrup, at the gigantic, intimidating table, but the cards were out.«There is a true and obvious fact: there are no Ukrainian troops in the Russian Federation, but there are Russian soldiers in Ukraine!».Lavrov swallowed, turned purple, and had no visible pulse.He expected everything but a UN Secretary General who would tell him the truth to his face, and in the pompous room of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.It all went wrong, for the Kremlin.It didn't matter if Guterres went first to Russia, and only later to Kiev, but what had to be clear, and visible, to Russian and international journalists, was the Secretary-General's direct and direct position on this war - which does not exist. for Lavrov - based on the resolutions of the General Assembly and also on the Charter of the United Nations."There are two different positions," Guterres said.The Russian comic strip, and the UN's frontal condemnation of the territorial invasion of Ukraine.Better was impossible in Moscow.Guterres is in his second and final term, he already has years of experience in diplomatic maneuvers at the UN, and he knows well what an invasion and a war that is inhuman and impossible to justify is.He has used his influence and position to resolve issues, help with peacekeepers, and demand full respect for affected populations.We will never forget that as Prime Minister of Portugal, Guterres managed to make Timor free and independent.Lavrov, Sergey, who always has an expressionless face, whether he talks about steaks or nuclear weapons, was livid, restless, and unable to spell.António Guterres, with the calm we know, put the powerful Russian MNE in his place.Which is the same where Putin is: cornered and with no trump cards, no trophies.The texts in this section reflect the personal opinion of the authors.They do not represent the VISION or mirror its editorial positioning.