The article analyzes phytometaphors recorded in the oral speeches of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov in 2022 – early 2025 describing the current political situation in the world. The relevance of the work is due to the fact that transfers based on floral vocabulary are among the most regular in the linguistic metaphorical system, but their place in diplomatic discourse as an important component of political communication has not been sufficiently studied.
