During his speech announcing his government’s Strategic Defense Review, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed that Britain faces a direct threat of war from Russia and blamed the U.K.’s economic problems on alleged Russian actions. “We face war in Europe, new nuclear risks, daily cyber attacks, growing Russian aggression in our waters, menacing our skies,” he said. “Their reckless actions [are] driving up the cost of living here at home, creating economic pain, and hitting working people the hardest.”
Starmer’s claims were “firmly rejected” by the Russian Embassy in London. “The Embassy firmly rejects these fabricated and absurd allegations. It is a pity that, having replaced the Conservatives in power, Labour continues to pump the same Russophobic nonsense to mask their failures in the economy and justify escalating military expenditures. We let these Orwellian ‘Two Minutes Hate’ rest on the conscience of their initiators in Downing Street,” the diplomatic mission said in a statement, reported TASS.
