Excerpt from Ambassador Andrei Kelin’s interview with BBC’s HARDtalk (4 November 2024)

Excerpt from Ambassador Andrei Kelin’s interview with BBC’s HARDtalk (4 November 2024) Question: Here are the recent words of David Lammy, the UK Foreign Secretary, quote: “[Russia’s President Vladimir] Putin and his mafia state are trying to poison the world with disinformation, division and disorder, not least in the United Kingdom“. You are the Russian Ambassador in the UK. Has he said that to you directly? What would you say to him? Andrei Kelin: I have never seen Mr Lammy, but I can say that if I were in his position I would control my language more because it is very impolite. And I do not know any politician in the world, especially a foreign minister, who uses that kind of words. Especially in Russia, if you listen to what President Vladimir Putin or Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov say. This kind of accusation, this kind of labelling is absolutely not a characteristic of us. It is Mr Lammy who allows himself [to do that], but he should know that he is no longer a member of t... Source: Embassy of the Russian Federation in London