Liz Truss' Russia trip a complete embarrassment

Back in January, the UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss requested a photo-op meeting with Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov to discuss the current situation around the Russian Federation asking for security guarantees from NATO - which in the west is portrayed as Russian aggression against Ukraine. As you can expect from any member of current the British government, Liz Truss was completely out of her depth, hadn’t read her brief (or at least understood it) and had the usual total lack of understanding regarding the Russian position....

Saturday, 12 February 2022 · 3 min · Paul Smith