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Putin's crony tells Brits to pray for 'moss-covered' Queen in bizarre rant on Russian TV

One of Vladimir Putin's cronies launched a bizarre rant on state TV slating the Queen and telling Brits to go "eat porridge".

United Russia politician Andrey Isayev, 50, told people in the UK to 'pray for your moss-covered Queen' in the strange outburst on one of the state's main channels, Russia 1, on Friday.

Isayev started his tirade while discussing Moscow's repeated humiliations on the battlefield in Ukraine.

The 50-year-old -lawmaker - who lost a top government role after a boozy brawl with cabin crew on an Aeroflot flight - then turned his sights on the UK, slamming Britain's war record.

Without elaborating, he said: "Even during World War Two, England created trouble."

He went on: "We realise that they're enemies. Historically the more hardcore anti-Russian one has always been the UK.

'We too should take anti-British positions.

"Clear off back to your island. Catch your chip and fish from your foggy marshes! Pray for your moss-covered Queen!"

The rant was broadcast on Russia One, a popular state TV channel (Twitter)

Isayev was the ruling party's deputy leader until 2013, when he was filmed drunkenly brawling with Aeroflot cabin crew.

The scrape broke out after in-flight staff refused to move his employee to business class.

Just days ago the same channel recreated nuclear strikes on three European capitals - claiming the nukes would hit Paris, Berlin, and London in around 200 seconds.

Presenters said there would be “no survivors” during the rhetoric-fuelled tirade - which was in direct response to the UK's Armed Forces Minister's comments supporting Ukrainian attacks on Russia.

The terrifying claims about Russia ’s nukes were made on the popular TV show "60 Minutes" which is one of the country's most watched.

It is hosted by wife and husband Olga Skabeyeva and Evgeny Popov and guest Aleksey Zhuravlyov said: "One Sarmat [missile] and that's it - the British Isles are no more."

Skabeyeva, who has been nicknamed the 'Iron Doll of Putin TV' for her criticism of opposition parties warned “but we are serious people” and she was told he was “saying that seriously. They're accusing us of state terrorism”.

Skabeyeva pointed out that the UK had nuclear weapons as well and “no one will survive this war”.

Putin seen during a joint press conference at the Kremlin last September (Getty Images)

The show then unveiled a map showing how the missiles could be launched from Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave between Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea.

It claimed that Berlin could be destroyed by a nuclear strike in only 106 seconds, Paris in 200 seconds and London in only 202 seconds.

Aleksey Zhuravlyov claimed he was talking "seriously" about nuking Europe.

In response to continued western support for Ukraine, Putin recently ordered his military to test-fire its Sarmat missiles.

A view of destruction in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The UK and other western nations have been providing equipment, military vehicles and weapons to the invaded country.

Only last week, Putin claimed that his country’s hypersonic missiles could “break through all modern defences” and would be ready to lay siege to the UK “by autumn”.

This comes as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues well into its third month, after beginning in late February.

Since it began there has been growing warnings that other countries may be dragged into the conflict.

Ex-NATO chief Richard Sherriff warned the West that it must “gear itself up” for a possible “worst case scenario” with Russia.

This comes amid reports that Putin is being urged by top military brass to declare all-out war on Ukraine in its coming Victory Day parade.

Top army officials in Moscow have reportedly been left “outraged” by failings in the war so far and are demanding “payback”.

They are pushing Putin to stop calling the invasion a “special operation” and instead declare all-out war.

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