Russia’s latest attacks on UK soil could spark World Cup boycott
In the wake of the poisoning of the one-time Soviet intelligence officer turned British-controlled mole, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia, Prime Minister Theresa May has bounced 23 Russian “diplomats” from Britain.
The attempted murder with a deadly nerve agent is not the first occurrence of a Russian hit job on UK soil. Although the most famous previous case was the Kremlin-ordered murder of another former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko, in 2006 by exposure to radioactive polonium 10, there have been a number of other suspicious deaths that have occurred in Britain in recent years that are possibly linked to Moscow. Indeed, there was another such death just this past week. (LINK)
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May’s decision to PNG nearly two-dozen diplomats, while a good first step, is just that. In response, the Russian government will expel British diplomats stationed in Moscow. The only other reaction from May’s government has been to announce that the royal family will not be attending the World Cup this summer in Russia. It’s doubtful that Putin will lose any sleep over either of the measures May has taken.
However, Putin would lose sleep if the UK and NATO allies agreed to pull their national soccer/football teams from participating in the World Cup as long as it is held in Russia. And if Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), soccer’s international governing body, refused to change the venue, then an informal coalition of like-minded nations should put on a tournament in a country or countries that aren’t behaving like the rogue state Russia has become.