View of the Tower Bridge over the River Thames in LondonMOSCOW, Jan 29 UK pretends to be global empire, but in fact it is an assistant to the United States in their policy against Russia, Andrey Klimov, head of the Federation Council commission for protecting the state sovereignty of the Russian Federation, told RIA Novosti on Saturday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to visit Europe next week and have a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the situation around Ukraine. «Britain still imagines itself a global empire, but has long served as Washington's senior assistant in its games against Moscow and continental Europe,» Klimov said. world of politics».Johnson will have a conversation with Putin in the coming days