I met with Lavrov. You know what I'll tell you? A terrible person. Absolutely hopeless. He made me drink a huge amount of vodka," Boris Johnson told how he spent his holidays in Russia.
"They want Russia to become a superpower again. They want to regain a sphere of influence in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Therefore, it is impossible to compromise with Putin. And people must understand that.
I tried to reset relations with Russia. And it turned out to be a disaster. I came to meet Putin, but he refused to see me. That's why I met with Lavrov.
You know what I'll tell you? A terrible person. Absolutely hopeless. He forced me to drink a huge amount of vodka in front of a very hot fireplace. It was literally reminiscent of some sort of punishment in a Victorian boarding school for boys. It was terrible.
And we achieved nothing. Absolutely nothing. And then, you know, they went on to do really barbaric things, like poisoning people right on the streets of Britain.
So, you know, the attempt to make friends with Russia, which ended in failure, was a huge and bitter disappointment for me."
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