The British threatened Russian diplomats with physical harm
The Russian ambassador to Britain, Alexander Yakovenko, transmitted quite alarming information to his homeland. According to him, threats are being addressed to the Russian diplomatic mission and its employees in London.
- said Yakovenko.
According to him, the Russian embassy does not leave all these threats unattended and reports them to law enforcement agencies. He stated that in Britain there are enough “mentally unbalanced people and people with a criminal past,” from whom one can expect anything.
In addition, Alexander Yakovenko expressed concern that the embassy received complaints from Russian citizens that they were being treated negatively at the household level. He noted that the British media are pumping a fit. Because of this, an “unhealthy situation” develops both around Russian diplomats and around ordinary Russians who live and work in Britain. As a result, they do not know how the situation will develop, and are worried about the future of their children, which is increasingly reported to the diplomatic mission.
- emphasized the Russian diplomat.
The Russian ambassador intends to seriously raise before the British authorities the question of the safety of Russians in this country:
Relations between Russia and the United Kingdom sharply escalated after the case of poisoning a former GRU employee, traitor Sergei Skripal and his daughter. As a result, the parties mutually expelled 23 employees of diplomatic missions. Russian diplomats, declared London by persons non grata, arrived with their families in Moscow yesterday. It is reported that they were leaving their place of work under the "Slavic March".
Alexander Yakovenko believes that there is no need to worry about the future of the exiled diplomats:
According to him, now the procedure for issuing visas to British citizens can become twice as long as the staff was reduced by about two-thirds. First of all, the remaining employees will deal with the problems of Russian citizens.
It remains to add that the security issue of those who have remained working in Britain is really very serious. There have already been examples in history when the anti-Russian hysteria raised in the media generated a craving for criminal acts among various fanatics and mentally unbalanced people. It is enough to recall, for example, what the situation caused by the escalation of the situation around Russian aid to Syria during the liberation of Aleppo city. Turkish authorities and numerous media outlets in this country have made false accusations against Russia. Unfortunately, this ended in tragedy: on December 19, 2016, the ambassador of the Russian Federation in Ankara was shot dead by a terrorist. This should never happen again. So the anti-Russian campaign is not as harmless as it seems.
With the main array of incoming appeals, the embassy receives a negative. These are the people who promise to crack down on diplomats.
- said Yakovenko.
According to him, the Russian embassy does not leave all these threats unattended and reports them to law enforcement agencies. He stated that in Britain there are enough “mentally unbalanced people and people with a criminal past,” from whom one can expect anything.
In addition, Alexander Yakovenko expressed concern that the embassy received complaints from Russian citizens that they were being treated negatively at the household level. He noted that the British media are pumping a fit. Because of this, an “unhealthy situation” develops both around Russian diplomats and around ordinary Russians who live and work in Britain. As a result, they do not know how the situation will develop, and are worried about the future of their children, which is increasingly reported to the diplomatic mission.
I think the relationship is hostile. What bothers us the most is that the British are so hysterical in the press that they create an unhealthy situation around Russian citizens who come here, who live here, who work here
- emphasized the Russian diplomat.
The Russian ambassador intends to seriously raise before the British authorities the question of the safety of Russians in this country:
We will pose questions to the British side, we will point out to them that such a tone in the British press and such hysteria are absolutely unacceptable
Relations between Russia and the United Kingdom sharply escalated after the case of poisoning a former GRU employee, traitor Sergei Skripal and his daughter. As a result, the parties mutually expelled 23 employees of diplomatic missions. Russian diplomats, declared London by persons non grata, arrived with their families in Moscow yesterday. It is reported that they were leaving their place of work under the "Slavic March".
Alexander Yakovenko believes that there is no need to worry about the future of the exiled diplomats:
London has always been a difficult place to work, but on the other hand, it is a place where you can learn a lot, because the embassy itself is small, but it works quite efficiently. Their experience, their knowledge and their skills will undoubtedly be in demand in other parts of the world and, naturally, primarily in Moscow
According to him, now the procedure for issuing visas to British citizens can become twice as long as the staff was reduced by about two-thirds. First of all, the remaining employees will deal with the problems of Russian citizens.
It remains to add that the security issue of those who have remained working in Britain is really very serious. There have already been examples in history when the anti-Russian hysteria raised in the media generated a craving for criminal acts among various fanatics and mentally unbalanced people. It is enough to recall, for example, what the situation caused by the escalation of the situation around Russian aid to Syria during the liberation of Aleppo city. Turkish authorities and numerous media outlets in this country have made false accusations against Russia. Unfortunately, this ended in tragedy: on December 19, 2016, the ambassador of the Russian Federation in Ankara was shot dead by a terrorist. This should never happen again. So the anti-Russian campaign is not as harmless as it seems.
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