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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Mark Trevelyan

Russia hauls in ambassador over 'offensive' UK comments on nuclear weapons

FILE PHOTO: British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia said on Thursday it had summoned the British ambassador to voice a strong protest against "offensive" British statements, including about alleged Russian threats to use nuclear weapons.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said it issued the rebuke to Ambassador Deborah Bronnert over "the frankly boorish statements of the British leadership regarding Russia, its leader and official representatives of the authorities, as well as the Russian people".

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