Russia has pulled out of a long-standing take care of the UK – placing fish and chips in danger.
A 1956 settlement that permits British boats to fish within the Barents Sea has been ripped up, within the newest signal of rising tensions between Moscow and the West.
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The fishing deal was signed by Soviet chief Nikita Khrushchev, however Russian politicians have now claimed it was by no means within the nationwide curiosity.
Parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin stated: “The British need to study some proverbs – ‘Russians harness the horse slowly, but ride it fast’.”
On Wednesday, the UK had imposed sanctions on six folks in control of the Arctic penal colony the place Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic, died final week.
Mr Volodin stated withdrawal from the fishing deal was in direct response to those sanctions – as British vessels have caught 1000’s of tonnes of cod and haddock in Russian waters.
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A detailed Putin ally, the politician additionally doubled down on the Kremlin’s view that the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union was a tragedy.
He stated: “With Gorbachev, we lost our country, and with Putin we got it back.”
Last 12 months, Sky News reported that as much as 40% of cod and haddock consumed within the UK comes from Russia and Russian territory – with Moscow accused of “weaponising food”.
Source: information.sky.com”