Posted on 03/04/2024 7:50:22 PM PST by delta7
Russia's parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said: "The British need to study some proverbs - 'Russians harness the horse slowly, but ride it fast'."
He told politicians that "the unscrupulous British" had eaten Russian fish for 68 years - declaring: "Now let them lose weight, get smarter."
On Wednesday, the UK imposed sanctions on six people in charge of the Arctic penal colony where Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic, died last week.
Mr Volodin said withdrawal from the fishing deal was in direct response to these sanctions - as British vessels caught 556,000 tonnes of cod and haddock in Russian waters last year alone.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Looks like it’s going to be harder to get some jolly good fish and chips.
Lose weight has new meaning
“Why does all of the West’s “ sanctions” on Russia backfire? “
Because the geriatric “leadership” of the West is stuck in the same 1980s Cold War time warp as many Freepers. Where the West was top dog and the east Bloc was struggling economically.
The shrieking should begin presently.
Russia played it smart when they spent the 90’s gettting their financial house in order. Now, we are the ones not in position to do anything and Russia may not give us the same grace.
Over in the U.S. we’re told to eat cereal for dinner to save money.
Oh no!!! Where will they get their fish for fish and chips? Britain will be sorry it lost all its fishermen.
If that's the case, then why are they in Ukraine?
Every single break with ruZZia is the way it should be. No more funding the invading Terror State. 👍
One in four Russian households lacks indoor plumbing. Are you sure their house(s) are in order?
(Looks like it’s going to be harder to get some jolly good fish and chips.)
Three words: Long Jon Silver’s
😆😂🤣
Actually it’s the only seafood I like
LOL
Can’t wait until Trump is sworn in and all this stupidity ends.
Russia seems a little touchy about that whole Navalny murder
Gee, wonder why ...
The Russians are in a position to survive nearly anything, short of nuclear devastation. I don’t think we can say the same. I think their house is in order within the limitations of their society.
Last year, Sky News reported that up to 40% of cod and haddock consumed in the UK comes from Russia and Russian territory - with Moscow accused of “weaponising food”.
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Hmmm…”weaponizing food”? Kinda doesn’t compare to the British providing on-the-ground technical assistance helping Ukraine to launch bombs into Russia.
I am becoming increasingly nauseated at these self-righteous war mongers,
“If that’s the case, then why are they in Ukraine? “
To set up an ever-growing buffer zone now that it’s confirmed by the German Chancellor that the British and French are launching missiles into what has always been Russian territory.
One of your own team [Kyrylo Budanov] said it was natural causes, hunka boy.
So, NOT a murder.
However, your team DID murder American citizen Gonzalo Lira.
We launched sanctions against Russia in 2014 so they set up the Mir (payment system). So when we cut them off, it’s no big deal.
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