RT published this video item, entitled “‘We will treat the UK the way they are treating us,’ says Russia’s ambassador to Britain” – below is their description.
In an exclusive interview with RT, Russia’s ambassador to London Andrey Kelin offers his take on the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy that was recently published by the UK government, painting Russia as one of country’s biggest menaces. He also discusses the future of Russia-UK relations, and more.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south.
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.