“Contrary to what many people think about him, he is a cold-blooded and sober politician who knows when and what to say, and knows how to calculate his moves, but hides all this behind frequent clowning and the image of a shaggy bumpkin,” Pushkov wrote in his Telegram- channel.
He added that Johnson refused to fight for the prime minister's seat, since 45 days before the resignation of Truss, he himself resigned from this post "with a scandal."
Pushkov also recalled a personal meeting with Johnson in November 2017, when he headed the British Foreign Office.
“He was preparing to go to Moscow to meet with Lavrov and willingly talked about his Odessa-Russian roots through his grandfather and that he felt his involvement in Russia.
Today you will not hear this from him, ”the senator explained.
On October 23, Sky News reported that Johnson had dropped out of the race for Conservative leader and head of government.