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#WorldatFive 🌍: “A long history of winding up the Russians goes some way to explaining Moscow’s furious reaction this week to a British ship’s incursion into its claimed waters”, says @CharlesBremner thetimes.co.uk/article/britai…
In 1791, when Russia annexed Crimea and Britain sent warships into the Black Sea, a London newspaper celebrated the episode with a cartoon of plucky Britons whipping the Russian leader, drawn in the shape of a bear.
The king was George III and the bear was Empress Catherine the Great but the message was the same as this week’s patriotic twinge over HMS Defender’s dash through Russia’s claimed waters.
“Though Britain is now only a medium power detached from Europe, Moscow’s furious reaction this week, testifies to London’s ability to punch above its weight when it comes to jousting with the Kremlin.” Writes @charlesbrember thetimes.co.uk/article/hms-de…
But will our history of "jousting" with the Kremlin work in the future?

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