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."
We should be fine, after all since Brexit we've plenty of happy contented British fish, right?
Fish consumption, of course, being a famous cause of obesity?
Edit: Look, I'm making fun of the guy, I'm British, you don't need to all take it upon yourselves to explain fish and chips to me.
Most of the fish we eat is battered, deep fried, and served with chips. So, yes.
in the latest sign of growing tensions between Moscow and the West.
They're growing, are they? Cause from where I'm standing tensions have grown up, finished uni, settled down and recently had their second child
It's worth remembering that most things Russia says about the UK are for the domestic market.
Like all the "turn the uk into glass" stories, barely mentioned here, but a frequent drumbeat on Russian TV.
breaking: liberal DESTROYS sevastopol through sheer force of will
warm water ports
A meme that will only look sillier as climate change gets worse
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53308-5
As Arctic ice continues to melt, [the Arctic Northern Sea Route] is anticipated to become more accessible to ships, albeit with navigational availability remaining contingent on the ship category and seasonal considerations.
seasonal considerations
A nice way of saying with warmer climates weather becomes more intense and less predictable.
The artic north sea route also isn't what prevents them from using the port the entire year. It freezes, it will continue to freeze especially with the harsher cold snaps the globe faces.
Again you don't seem to understand climate change it is not "lol planet gets hot teehee"
artic north sea
When you have a deep understanding of the issue
It freezes, it will continue to freeze
No, the likely scenario is that maximal ice coverage will (continue to) recede noticeably.
Lol okay you're right Russia is immune to climate change. St. Petersburg definitely isn't having flooding issues and Vladivostok didn't get smashed by a freak ice storm that other places across the globe have also been smashed by
None of that happened I guess climate change isn't a problem
We're talking about ports icing over, which will happen less as global temperatures rise. Bringing up other climate change problems (that are far from unique to Russia) does not change that.
you know westoids get flooded way worse than russia right
their most populous area is literally 10 ft above sea level, for the entire country
So you believe in a literal sense all the maps drawn in the west that still call Crimea a part of Ukraine?
And you believe the actual verifiable lies told by Russia for the whole affair? Moron
And what did I say? That Russia holds Crimea?
That's objectively true. Are you suffering delusions?
So you believe in a literal sense all the maps drawn in the west that still call Crimea a part of Ukraine?
Sevastopol belongs to Ukraine.
Crimea belongs to Ukraine.
What the fuck are you talking about
Luckily all kinds of fish are still readily available in the UK. Thanks for your concern though
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.
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:
Seems like most countries would cancel this sort of arrangement with a country funding their opponent in a war
Said right there in the post summary
Moscow says a 1956 agreement has been axed in response to the UK's sanctions on six people in charge of the penal colony where Alexei Navalny died.
