The British ambassador to Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday (June 30) who protested to her against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "
rude
" remarks about President Vladimir Putin, Russian diplomacy said .
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Russia protested "
firmly
" to Deborah Bronnert against "
the openly rude remarks of the British authorities towards Russia, its leader, its officials, as well as the Russian people
", she specifies in a communicated.
“
In a polite society, it is customary to apologize for remarks of this kind
”, underlined Russian diplomacy, denouncing an “
unacceptable insulting rhetoric
”.
“A perfect example of male toxicity”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told German broadcaster ZDF on Tuesday evening that Vladimir Putin would not have launched the offensive in Ukraine if he had been a woman.
He then denounced this Russian military operation as "
a perfect example of male toxicity
", closing the G7 summit in Germany.
For his part, Ben Wallace, British Defense Secretary, told LBC Radio on Wednesday evening that "
President Putin's view of himself and the world is a little man syndrome, a macho view
".
Ben Wallace also got angry with the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, accusing her of "
threatening everyone with nuclear weapons
" every week.
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In summoning the British ambassador, the Russian Foreign Ministry also stressed that it was "
unacceptable
" for British officials to "
spread deliberately false information, including on alleged threats by the Russian side to use nuclear weapons+
”, according to the press release from Russian diplomacy.
