The head of the British Foreign Ministry threatened Russia with a "very high price"

The price that Russia will have to pay if it continues to act as it has done lately will be very high, said British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt
Russia will pay a very high price for its actions if it continues to behave in the same way as it has done it recently, said British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, speaking at the Policy Exchange Research Institute on his country's role in world politics after leaving European Union. The video of the speech was published on the Policy Exchange channel on YouTube.


“We would very much like to find a way to return Russia to the rules-based system of international relations, but we must make it clear that if actions like these continue to happen, Russia will pay a very high price,” Hunt said. At the same time, Hunt made a reservation and called China instead of Russia, but immediately corrected the mistake and apologized to the audience’s laughter to the “Chinese colleagues” who were present there.
“Until recently, I thought that Russia wanted to be part of the international legal system. We were very pleased with the possibility of a completely different relationship with Russia compared to those in the days of the former USSR. But then there was the invasion of Georgia in 2008, the invasion of the Crimea in 2014, there were cyber attacks, an attack with the use of chemical weapons in Salisbury, and this worried us extremely, ”Hunt said.
Hunt's theses were made in response to a question from a TASS correspondent. In fact, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs repeated for him a part of his speech, which he delivered at the conservative party congress in Birmingham in September. Then Hunt said that the current British government has a message to Moscow. “If you try to intimidate this country, if you use chemical weapons and do not want to play by international rules, the price you pay will be very high,” the politician emphasized.
At the same time, he promised that the UK would soon “end the network of GRU agents” on its territory, reports Reuters.

It is the General Directorate of the General Staff (the old name is the Main Intelligence Directorate, GRU) in London, who are suspected of organizing and carrying out the assassination of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia in the city of Salisbury. Moscow categorically rejects all suspicions, demanding that the British authorities provide evidence.