... over the political world, but especially so in the UK
Introduction
This paper attempts to uncover why England (and later the United Kingdom) has a deep historical dislike of Russia and Russian society. Starting with William Pitt’s verbal attack on Russia ... ..., and more recently, the recent attacks on Russia by British politicians. Most notable of the mentioned events, Britain used Greece to stir up anti-Soviet flames. Individual characteristics such as atavism, nostalgia, arrogance, envy, racism, and what ...
... Toward New Forms of Social Organisation?
A more historic example of discrepancy in unity was the preferential treatment of the United Kingdom in terms of their financial contributions to the EU budget. The so-called “UK Rebate,” active from 1985 to ... ... economies in the EU.
The Greek government debt crisis demonstrated that the reversal of the previous example could be true. Greece, with
seemingly criminal energy
, forged its financial data to gain entry to the EU and its unlimited coffers. Only the ...
Despite the public relations spin on events, little has altered since the assassination of Greece’s first pro-Russian leader, Count Kapodistrias
Britain’s well-known keenness to keep Russia, and then the Soviet Union, and now again just Russia, away from the Eastern Mediterranean is a well-established fact of foreign policy. Since the ...
