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Russia pulls out of fishing deal and tells Britons to 'lose weight' (news.sky.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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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."

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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

So Kruschev did it, so it doesn't count, but they should get Ukraine because of something that happened 1200 years ago?

I've learned not to expect consistency from them but somebody there must see how ridiculous they look.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Of course they see. It’s the saying that gets one defenestrated.

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

At the risk of whataboutery, Jews claimed Palestine after 2000 years and no one in the West found that a preposterous reason to ethnically cleanse and commit genocide.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

It is extremely convenient to have the Palestinians pay the price for Europe's crimes. Logic and consistency have nothing to do with it.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Kruschev gave Crimea to Ukraine so it's consistent to reverse anything he did.