Kremlin claims Liz Truss is unfit to control the nuclear button in broadcasts on multiple Russian state television channels
- Miss Truss appears to have angered the Kremlin judging by Russian state TV
- Commentators accused her of copying Margaret Thatcher and overreacting when a Talk TV presenter fainted during a debate between her and Rishi Sunak
- They said she was unstable and not equipped to hold the nuclear button
Kremlin officials have launched an absurd attack on Liz Truss as the UK’s Foreign Secretary remains in pole position to become Prime Minister.
Miss Truss appears to have angered the Kremlin judging by the remarks about her on multiple Russian state television channels.
The seemingly coordinated attacks came as Miss Truss looks likely to enter Downing Street in September.
She has pledged to maintain her tough stance against Russia – which would explain the Kremlin’s concerted efforts to undermine her.
In February, Miss Truss stared down Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an icy press conference just days before Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meet in Moscow, Russia on February 10, 2022
Her fortitude on a Kremlin visit appeared to shock Mr Lavrov, a veteran of frosty diplomatic encounters over many decades.
Moscow propaganda channels last night suggested Miss Truss was not ‘fit to control the nuclear button’.
They also accused her of copying Margaret Thatcher and overreacting when a Talk TV presenter fainted during a debate between her and Rishi Sunak.
A presenter on Russia’s Channel One said: ‘She tries to emulate the Iron Lady on a tank near the Russian border. Then a presenter fainted and she couldn’t hold her emotions. How would she behave in other critical situations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
‘This was the moment when her spirit deserted her and viewers saw an ordinary, frightened woman. Fright, horror and panic, that was how she reacted.
‘Her resemblance to Mrs Thatcher stops with the facial resemblance.’
Meanwhile, Gazprom-owned channel NTV accused her of building her election campaign on ‘anti-Russian rhetoric’.
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