India, Aug. 16 -- Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov wore a USSR sweatshirt when he arrived in Anchorage for a summit with US President Donald Trump, referencing the Soviet era.

He arrived in Alaska before President Vladimir Putin as part of Russia's delegation. Stepping out of a black vehicle ahead of the summit, he wore a black vest over a sweatshirt that seemed to say "CCCP," the Russian abbreviation for USSR.

Many of Russia's senior delegation in Alaska, including Lavrov, started their careers in the Soviet Union and have been accused by the Russian opposition of still holding a Soviet imperialist mindset.In areas of Ukraine under Russian control, pro-Moscow authorities have removed monuments remembering Ukrainians who suffered...