A 1956 agreement that allowed British boats to fish in the Barents Sea has been ripped up, in the latest sign of growing tensions between Moscow and the West.
The fishing deal was signed by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, but Russian politicians have now claimed it was never in the national interest.
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Russia’s parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said: “The British need to study some proverbs - ‘Russians harness the horse slowly, but ride it fast’.”
He told politicians that “the unscrupulous British” had eaten Russian fish for 68 years - declaring: “Now let them lose weight, get smarter.”
Fish consumption, of course, being a famous cause of obesity?
Edit: Look, I’m making fun of the guy, I’m British, you don’t need to all take it upon yourselves to explain fish and chips to me.
It’s probably a reference to fish & chips, which… yeah.
I don’t think that’s the fish part
Most of the fish we eat is battered, deep fried, and served with chips. So, yes.
Fish and chips? Yeah