London ready to continue cooperating with Moscow, British ambassador says

British flag at the British Embassy in MoscowMOSCOW, 4 Feb. Relations with Russia are not in the right state as the UK would like, but the country is ready to continue cooperation where possible, said the country's ambassador to Moscow, Deborah Bronnert. «Bilateral relations between the UK and Russia, as our Prime Minister has repeatedly said, are not in the state we would like to see them,» Bronnert said in an interview with RTVI.The Foreign Ministry warned of a response to British sanctions against Russian media At the same time, according to her, after the end of the Cold War, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev «tried to build other relations», and during the Second World War the USSR «had suffered greatly and made a great contribution to the victory over Nazism, working with Britain and other allies.» «We remember this sacrifice, we remember our common history, which shows what we are capable of. Unfortunately, today the UK has to protect its security, we are attacked by Russian intelligence officers. We will continue to take steps to protect our country and respond to emerging threats,» she said, noting that at the same time, the UK will work with Russia through the UN Security Council. .jpg» />Putin and Johnson discussed the situation in Ukraine and security guarantees»We continue to cooperate on climate change issues. In recent years, Great Britain and Russia have had many discussions on this issue, visiting each other and exchanging ideas. We were, that is, we are part of the governing structure of the UN,» she recalled. Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of trying to influence democratic processes in different countries, and the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called them «absolutely unfounded.» Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov , speaking of alleged Russian interference in elections in various countries, stated that there were no facts confirming this.