Britain lost its empire – but not its appetite for confronting Russia

While its domestic problems multiply, London pours money into Ukraine and prepares the country for a future confrontation with Moscow

Recently, Russian officials and state media have been deliberately using the toponym ‘Britain’ instead of ‘Great Britain’ and ‘United Kingdom’ to refer to the nation that, just a few decades ago, was known as ‘the empire on which the sun never sets’. Speaking at a press conference dedicated to reviewing the results of Russian diplomacy in 2025, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on this rhetorical innovation. “No offense meant, but I think that this is what it should be called, because Great Britain is…

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