Russia has not been so hostile to the UK and the West since the end of the Cold War, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said, as he prepares to meet his counterpart in Moscow, according to the Daily Mail.
In an interview with the Sunday Times, the Foreign Secretary accused Russia of destabilizing the West through invasions, killings, and attempts to interfere in western elections, the Daily Mail reports.
He described the falling out as a “tragedy”, and said his hopes at the end of the Cold War that relations might improve now seemed like a “total illusion”.
He told the paper: “Russia has not been so hostile to the UK or to western interests since the end of the Cold War.
“In the Crimea, capturing a part of sovereign European territory from someone else’s country and holding it for the first time since 1945. Add their destabilizing activities in the western Balkans.
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Although Mr Johnson said he had seen “no evidence” that Russian interference had affected the outcome of the EU referendum, he said he had seen evidence of Russian “trolling on Facebook”.
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He has also attacked them for shutting down investigations into chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
According to the Times, the Foreign Secretary will visit Russia on Thursday to hold talks with his opposite number, Sergey Lavrov.
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