Rise of the anti-colonial movement

It turns out that in demanding the extradition of Lugovoy, the British “are giving offensive advice for our country - to change the Constitution.” “They need to change their brains, not the Constitution. What they are proposing is obviously a rudiment of colonial thinking,” Putin said at a meeting yesterday with leaders of youth organizations in Zavidovo. According to him, the British “must clearly understand that Great Britain is no longer a colonial power, and all colonies have long been lost. And Russia, thank God, has never been a British colony." The funny thing is that just a few days ago Putin, and after him all the pro-Kremlin experts, qualified what was happening as a “mini-crisis.” It was necessary, they say, for the young Labor government to assert itself, so they seized the opportunity to demonstrate toughness.In a couple of weeks everything will resolve.

However, despite the reassuring statements, nothing is resolved. The British Prime Minister very harshly demanded Lugovoi's extradition. These demands were supported by the United States and the EU. It is clear that the Kremlin underestimated the scale of the crisis. Putin and his entourage simply cannot understand why all these states are paying so much attention to the polonium poisoning of some emigrant from Russia.