British media leaked information that Theresa May plans to report on the UK's readiness for "other" relations with Russia. Excerpts from her speech, which replicated media under clickable headlines, however, leave no room for creativity, since they are no different from her previous statements.

Complementarity in the issue of bilateral relations is complicated by the many “when” and “if”. Based on the published text, no one takes the blame from Russia - moreover, it is said about the next unification of European countries in the fight against the “Russian threat”: this is the main challenge today.

May’s next speech with its former belligerent rhetoric, where it is condescendingly noted that good London is ready to be friends with bad Russia if it corrects. But only on its terms, which Russia, of course, will not do, and everyone knows it perfectly well. “Our business is to offer, yours is to refuse,” and the refusal is perceived solely as Russia's aggression against Europe.

In general, the “Russian problem” that has already fought off the edge of the mouth is used as a panacea for the internal problems of any democratic state.

That is why news was blown out of nothing. The process of leaving the country from the EU was delayed. Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the government would soon surrender in Brexit talks. According to him, the British Cabinet of Ministers agreed to become an “empty place” for the European Union, subscribing to future regulations and a set of EU rules. He also added that London will lose its right to vote when drafting EU legislation after Brexit.

London’s plans are to prohibit European citizens from freely living and working in the UK, but at the same time remaining in the EU customs union, that is, being present on the single European market. EU leaders call such partial membership unacceptable.

The Times’s Sunday release said that four British ministers want to resign because of May’s plans, which is also a reputational issue.

Britain should withdraw from the European Union on March 29 next year. An extraordinary EU summit on this issue may be thwarted. If the parties finally do not agree by December, then London is likely to part with Brussels without preserving market privileges. According to the estimates of the head of the Bank of England, this will entail an increase in unemployment and a fall in housing prices by 25–35%.

But we must remember that the desire to leave the EU was affected, including the shock that Europe faced due to the influx of refugees. Britain has always valued its sovereignty. She kept her currency, many internal rules. The migration crisis once again raised the issue of preserving sociocultural identity, and if England is coping with this issue, then the rest of Europe is in an extremely difficult situation. On this basis, globalists in many countries have already begun to push back the right-wing forces, which have gained popularity due to tough anti-immigration rhetoric.

And what could be better gluing together for a crumbling house of cards than an eternal “Russian problem”?

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