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Russian President Vladimir Putin, responding to the words of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the Russian military operation in Ukraine, recalled the events of 1982, when the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher decided to start military operations against Argentina for the Falkland Islands.
Earlier, Johnson, in an interview with the German TV channel ZDF, said that Russia would not start a special operation in Ukraine if Putin “was a woman”; who he obviously is not. According to the prime minister, the actions of the Russian president in relation to Ukraine can be called “a perfect example of toxic masculinity.”
“I will not now say “if only it were.” In this regard, I just want to recall the events of recent history, when Margaret Thatcher decided to start hostilities against Argentina for the Falkland Islands. Here, the woman decided to start hostilities, — answered Putin.
In his opinion, such actions of the British authorities are due to “imperial ambitions, confirmation of their imperial status.” He called Johnson's words “not a very correct reference”; on current events.
The Kremlin reacted with irony to Johnson's words. “Old [Sigmund] Freud would have dreamed of such an object for research during his lifetime!” Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
The British Prime Minister made this statement about the Russian military operation after he arrived in Madrid for the NATO summit immediately after the G7 summit. On the first day of the G7 talks, June 26, before taking their seats at the table, Johnson jokingly asked if he could take off his clothes. “We all have to show that we are cooler than Putin,” — he said, alluding to photographs of the Russian president posing on horseback, bare-chested.
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The war between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands began in 1982 and lasted less than three months. The victory was won by the British authorities, who control the islands to this day. In 2013, a referendum was held on the territory, during which the inhabitants voted for the archipelago to remain British. Argentina does not recognize its results.
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Vladimir Putin
politician, president of Russia
October 7, 1952
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