{"id":1400524,"date":"2022-03-25T13:31:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400524"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:31:28","slug":"public-enemy-no-1-kremlin-says-uk-prime-minister-winning-the-race-to-be-anti-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-enemy-no-1-kremlin-says-uk-prime-minister-winning-the-race-to-be-anti-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Enemy No 1: Kremlin Says UK Prime Minister Winning &#039;The Race to Be Anti-Russian&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpublic-enemy-no-1-kremlin-says-uk-prime-minister-winning-the-race-to-be-anti-russian%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Moscow has accused British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being the most \u201cactive participant\u201d\u00a0in the \u201crace to be anti-Russian\u201d and warned on Thursday that this stance \u201cwill lead to a foreign policy dead-end\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Britain imposed many sanctions on Russia, targeting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/foreign-secretary-announces-65-new-russian-sanctions-to-cut-off-vital-industries-fuelling-putins-war-machine\">over 1,000<\/a>\u00a0Moscow-linked individuals and businesses since the 24th of February when Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese oligarchs, businesses, and hired thugs are complicit in the murder of innocent civilians and it is right that they pay the price. Putin should be under no illusions \u2013 we are united with our allies and will keep tightening the screw on the Russian economy to help ensure he fails in Ukraine. There will be no let-up,\u201d Britain\u2019s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said.<\/p>\n<p>Russians have invested\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentmonitor.ai\/special-focus\/ukraine-crisis\/russian-property-london-uk-departure-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a38 billion<\/a>\u00a0($10.5 billion) in the British property market alone, and senior Kremlin-linked individuals have previously bought prominent British assets such as\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2022\/mar\/10\/roman-abramovich-sanctioned-what-does-it-mean-for-chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea football club<\/a>, so the sanctions may hit some major players in the pocket.<\/p>\n<p>The Johnson government has also delivered and pledged weapons to Ukrainian president\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky repeatedly, with the latest shipment including 6,000 missiles, The\u00a0Independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/boris-johnson-kremlin-attack-russia-ukraine-b2043073.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov appeared to illustrate the mood towards Britain in Moscow by revealing that \u201cas for Mr Johnson, we see him as the most active participant in the race to be anti-Russian. It will lead to a foreign policy dead-end\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Media Regulator Revokes Broadcasting Licence of Russia\u2019s RT News<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z49sVKVPsa\">https:\/\/t.co\/z49sVKVPsa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1504940717147312128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10648297\/Kremlin-moans-Boris-Johnson-anti-Russian-fresh-sanctions-hit-Putin-regime.html\">rubbished<\/a> the accusation and claimed that he is \u201cnot remotely anti-Russian\u201d, joking at a NATO press conference that he is \u201cprobably the only Prime Minister in UK history to be called Boris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister insisted that while he is \u201cdeeply hostile to the decisions of Vladimir Putin\u201d he is\u00a0\u201csympathetic towards ordinary Russians, who are being so badly led.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think what we all agree is that what Vladimir Putin is doing, the way he\u2019s leading Russia at the moment, is utterly catastrophic, that his invasion of Ukraine is inhuman and barbaric,\u201d Johnson asserted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>A spokesman for Johnson has further said that \u201cthe Prime Minister is among the most active anti-Putin leaders. We have no issue with the Russian people. In fact, we\u2019ve seen many bravely protest \u2014 not least Alexei Navalny \u2014 against Putin\u2019s regime, and call on them to cease this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are among the world leaders that have been most proactive when it comes to taking steps to both defend Ukraine\u2019s interest and up pressure on Putin to change course,\u201d the spokesman added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boris: Putin Attack \u2018Not Just on Ukraine\u2019 But on \u2018Democracy and Freedom\u2019 Worldwide, Announces UK Sanctions<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pUvK6iJIyL\">https:\/\/t.co\/pUvK6iJIyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1496915328621809665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s push for a tough stance with Russia has however placed him at odds with other members of NATO. Following\u00a0Zelensky\u2019s request for NATO to provide hundreds of tanks and jets to Ukraine yesterday, Johnson called for NATO nations nearer to Ukraine to help provide these vehicles to the Ukrainian army.<\/p>\n<p>This was met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/nato-to-prepare-ukraine-for-chemical-attack-xhxcq98ts\">opposition<\/a> from France\u2019s President Emmanuel Macron, who branded NATO giving tanks and planes to Ukraine as a \u201cred line\u201d and warned that NATO should remain impartial and not become \u201cco-belligerent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary-general, has said NATO will continue to increase shipments of weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine but declined to comment on whether this would include tanks.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky has warned NATO that, \u201cRussia wants to move on. Against eastern members of NATO, the Baltic states and certainly against Poland\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Renault, Auchan [and] Leroy Merlin must stop sponsoring the Russian war machine, and the murder of children and women, rapes, robberies, and looting committed by the Russian army,&#8221; Zelensky said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fx4NnuWMc7\">https:\/\/t.co\/fx4NnuWMc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1507312589235130368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow has accused British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being the most \u201cactive participant\u201d\u00a0in the \u201crace to be anti-Russian\u201d and warned on Thursday that this stance \u201cwill lead to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1400524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}