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A 1956 agreement that allowed British boats to fish in the Barents Sea has been ripped up, in the latest sign of growing tensions between Moscow and the West.
The fishing deal was signed by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, but Russian politicians have now claimed it was never in the national interest.
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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.”
Big ‘Screw you guys, I’m going home’ energy here.
Pretty sure it’s the British fishing boats who are going home in this scenario. Or, of course the other classic British move of starting a naval war over fishing rights.
Seems like most countries would cancel this sort of arrangement with a country funding their opponent in a war
West: Coups border country on Russian borders, pumps weapons into said country, gleefully profits off of ensuing war, sanctions Russia, repeatedly drums up how Russia would be better off glassed
Russia: Alright then, no more fishing rights in our territorial waters.
West:
Said right there in the post summary