[Forwarded from Russian MFA ??]
#opinion by Maria Zakharova:
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(https://telegra.ph/Opinion-by-....Maria-Zakharova-06-2 The British establishment never tires of preparing for a nuclear apocalypse and inventing non-existent Russian statements on this matter. This is convenient topic is designed to divert attention away from the internal political collapse of the British monarchy in the context of endless conspiracies, crises, and corruption scandals. British Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey claims that Russia may use "tactical nuclear weapons" during its special operation in Ukraine. British Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace promised our pranksters Vovan and Lexus (though he thought he was talking to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal) to discuss the creation of Ukraine's nuclear missile programme. Our favourite, Liz Truss, could not but rise to the occasion, talking about a potential conflict between Russia and NATO, to which even Russian President Vladimir Putin had to respond (https://is.gd/WzM69d).
Someone may think that all of this is a new invention, that only recently has London started frightening everyone with the Russian threat. But only those who are not well-versed in the history of the subject.
I have a book that is a bibliographic rarity now, but that was almost a bestseller back in its time. It was written by an assistant professor at Lancaster University, Dr. Magnus Clarke, with the catchy title "The Nuclear Destruction of Britain", which went on sale (https://is.gd/dbbFTB) in the early days of 1982. It has been translated into Russian and is now available at the Russian State Library (https://is.gd/rGwUYP).
The book provides a detailed reconstruction of the outcome of the Soviet Union's nuclear attack on the British Isles. It can be said that they have been preparing for this a long time.
Everything is very precise, from the well-reasoned choice of targets for destruction to the date of the actual attack. The Reds, they say, will hit the monarchy during the Christmas holidays because it is at this time the Kingdom will be most vulnerable.
In fact, the Kingdom is most vulnerable at times when professionals like Boris Johnson, Ben Wallace, and Liz Truss are appointed to the country's key offices. Long live the Queen, Clarke had no idea who would be running his country, otherwise he would have launched what he himself had written.
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The book also contains sober assessments, for which Clarke would definitely be "cancelled" today. However, they are all but forgotten today. For example, he writes in the distant 1980s: "in essence, there has never been any Soviet threat to the West. The creation of NATO was not a response to the Soviet threat. The Soviet "military threat" was an invention of the United States, which from 1946 to the present has harboured a deep suspicion of the USSR, mainly because of its refusal to agree to American plans to "redraw the map of the world" ..."
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The book ends just as paradoxically, if not schizophrenically. Clarke seems to long for a quick nuclear apocalypse (which, by the way, fully explains the choice of the title), claiming that it will benefit the already-ruined Great Britain, and regrets that Britain is not destined to be around to enjoy the post-nuclear economic boom.
The book does contain parts that justify having to read the mental waste of Western propaganda. Clarke writes: "Whatever British estimates there are, they are most likely wrong." An excellent epigraph to the vast majority of such studies.
So what about all the nuclear ash over London, has it managed to scatter over the last 50 years?
