The foreign secretary has been accused of “Russophobic hysteria” by Moscow.
No matter what job he has, Boris Johnson, it seems, cannot stop being Boris Johnson. It took only his frontbench debut in the Commons, on 11 October, to cause outrage. This time it was Russia he offended when he suggested it should be investigated for war crimes and, more strikingly, declared that he “would certainly like to see demonstrations outside the Russian embassy” for Moscow’s bombing of the Syrian city of Aleppo.
His words naturally prompted a furious retort from Moscow, which, in traditional style, accused him of “Russophobic …read more
Source: New Statesman
