"Dementia or trolling." As one interview destroyed the reputation of the Russian special services in the UK

British Prime Minister Teresa May called an interview with Petrov and Boshirova to the RT channel “Hoaring a lie and falsification”. The statement of its official representative says that the version they set out does not withstand any criticism. “This is an insult to the intellect of our people ... And what is much more important - abuse of the victims of this terrible crime and their relatives,” the document says. British journalist Andrei Ostalsky told The Insider, how the country perceived the revelations of the GRU agents about the visit of Salisbury.

They just were not ready for the wild cold of the Wiltshire spring after the scorching heat of the Moscow winter

"Hilarious", "Utterly Ridiculous", "Laughing Stocks!" - “Funny”, “What absurdity”, “Two laughingh!” -It an assessment of the interview of Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, RT channel prevail among the British. “Russian killers behaved comically and implausible,” writes Roger Boyz, diplomatic editor of Times. “Their ability to use Wikipedia gives an impression,” John Crais observer, the observer of Guardian, is ironic over the “knowledge” of Salisbury architecture. “Two ordinary tourists ... They were not ready for the wild cold of the Wiltshire spring after the scorching heat of the Moscow winter,” he writes. The famous reporter reporter Ryan Galalair is surprised that his sarcastic forecast seemed incredible on the eve of an incredible. “They seriously claim that they made a flight from Moscow and back (4000 miles) to look at the Salisbury Cathedral, and accidentally ended up in the city on the day when Skripal was poisoned. This is an absolute farce! ” But typical quotes from social networks: “It looks like a film about James Bond according to the script of the author of the Police Academy,“ Probably, these guys in childhood, the dog constantly ate homework ”,“ This is not even a parody, Putin puts Russia on the laughing stock in the eyes of the whole world. ” And so on and the like - the list of quotes will take many pages.

The famous cathedral was visible right from the station, before it - about 15 minutes on foot

In more than a quarter of a century of my life in Britain, I have never observed such an amazing unanimity here. And right, left, and centrists, and high -quality, and boulevard newspapers, and twitter, and bloggers - Everything in different ways as if they quote Stanislavsky: "I do not believe!" - And they raise a couple of unlucky tourists to laugh. The description of the description of the unbearably harsh weather in Salisbury, who allegedly forced Petrov and Boshirova , was especially amused by the description of the residents of Albion, refuse to visit the main local attractions on the first day of their stay in the city. Every second Briton was not too lazy to look on the Internet and find out that a small snow storm was held in the city on the eve of March 2, and the 3rd snow did not take: sometimes frail precipitation fell from the sky, and the residues of snow were raised on some streets. The air temperature reached 5 degrees of heat. The townspeople calmly walked about their business, there were no problems with transport. The famous cathedral was visible right from the station, to it - about 15 minutes on foot, it could be driven there by bus, and there would be only a few pounds by taxi. But instead, the “tourists” went in the opposite direction - to the Skripal house, located at a much greater distance from the station. And then the pastry and “terribly wet” fled to London to return to Salisbury for the next - dry - day and supposedly then to visit the cathedral, which, however, has no evidence. "Where are your selfies near the cathedral?" - Many people ask sarcastically. And this British still had no opportunity to evaluate the illiterate Russian speech, the remarkable expression “Solberetsky Cathedral” and other details that lost in translation.

All this would be unusually funny if it were not so sad and tragic. Journalist Mike Hind calls for compatriots to stop grunting: “After the death of Don Steurzes, three children remained orphans. She was killed by the same people whom everyone is now amazing. " Those who are not laughing write about cognitive dissonance: the image of people who appeared on the television screens is in no way consistent with the ideas of the ominous, dangerous, damn dexterous and brilliantly prepared Russian spies in British heads. The fact that a fatal blow is inflicted on the reputation of Russian intelligence is not in doubt. But what is happening with the reputation of the whole country is much more important, not to mention its rulers. A widespread opinion was expressed on Twitter by the philosopher Peter Khosted: “This ridiculous setting has just pronounced a conviction to itself.”

Bloomberg commentator Leonid Bershidsky notes that under Putin, Russian intelligence agencies began to regularly poison their opponents with poisons, And this strengthens the image of Russia as a terrorist state. According to him, this practice “harms Moscow more than the actions of any critics and enemies of the regime. This cloud will remain hanging over the country and after Putin’s departure, unless its heirs admit guilt and do not give public information about these murders. ”

Why was this frankly mediocre performance played? Are the Russian special services, and even the state, are so guide to such miserable, intellectually undeveloped people?

In Britain, many are tormented by the question: why was this frankly mediocre performance played? Are the Russian special services, and even the state, are so guide to such miserable, intellectually undeveloped people? Not everyone is ready to believe in this. There are suspicions that this can be a kind of trolling. The middle finger, with a grin shown by Britain and the world. Mockery. Blogger Sarah Nerberg : “We still never catch these two, but the dull the story is, the greater insult it becomes for us and our country.”

And if this theory is true, then the most unpleasant, most frightening conclusion - the Kremlin and personally President Putin is completely indifferent, what they think about Russia and it personally in the world. The terrorist state is so terrorist, completely built on lies and manipulations - and for God's sake, we don’t give a damn. The main thing is that “its own”, the audience tamed with television will believe everything. And those who are not ready to swallow the primitive will say: “An excellent disice! Of course, we killed and will kill our citizens and the British, we will be proud of our steepness, and you, the rest, tremble, you can’t do anything to us anyway. ”

The picture is complemented by the latest statements by the Russian president in connection with military exercises unprecedented in scale. Putin speaks of peacefulness and a complete absence of aggressive intentions. However, the events of recent times showed that for the Russian authorities a politician is an endless special operation in which the enemy must constantly be confused and “breed” (and that Britain is especially hated by the Kremlin, now no longer doubts any doubt). For a long time, nothing can be understood literally, behind every word - a double and often opposite the point of what was said, therefore, the statements of “peace” and the absence of aggressive intentions cannot but alert both the Western governments and public opinion - to warn seriously. And here it is already becoming at all to laugh ...

PS is heard more and more votes that question the similarity of people who appeared in the RT studio and those who are captured in British pictures. If so, then the farce will have a continuation - the second, and maybe the third act. But the essence of this does not change: the Russian special services actually admitted to the attack on the streets of the peaceful British city with the use of combat neuro-paralytic matter.