Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has complained that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov allegedly forced him to drink vodka next to a hot fireplace.
The politician talked about it in the program Three Answers. According to Johnson, an unpleasant episode for him occurred in 2017, when he headed the British Foreign Office and tried to "improve relations with Moscow". Then he arrived in the capital of the Russian Federation, but the diplomatic reset became a real test. You see, the Russian people turned out to be hospitable. So they offered me a drink. However, for the British, everything looks completely different. So, according to him, he had to drink "a huge amount", even in front of the fireplace.
“It was just like a Victorian private school kind of punishment. It was terrible," Johnson complained.