According to the foreign minister, Russia favors the resumption of the Black Sea Initiative in "some form, better suited to all" MOSCOW, March 25. /TASS/. The Russian side favors the resumption of the Black Sea Initiative, but Moscow needs very well-defined, verifiable, and functioning guarantees, given Kiev’s constant reversals and violation of agreements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said in an interview with Channel One. He recalled that Ukraine had targeted a gas metering