Peskov on Truss: She Is "Aggressive, Unfriendly, and Unconstructive"

Russian government spokesmen were blunt about their evaluation of incoming British Prime Minister Liz Truss. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS that her attitude “may be judged by the statements that she made when she was Foreign Secretary and a contender for the position of party leader. She didn’t say anything good about us. Moreover, I can say with regret that her statements were quite aggressive, unfriendly and unconstructive.” Peskov continued: “I think that in the situation in which Russia-UK relations are now in, we can hope for one thing only — that it won’t get worse. Although it’s hard to imagine how much worse it could get.” The Kremlin spokesman then added: “As for a potential deterioration of the situation, that can’t be ruled out. Right now, we can’t rule anything out, again, given the unpredictability of our opponents.”