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Fact-check: TASS reports Russian Ambassador Andrey Kelin made this statement in a Sky News interview, confirmed via web search matching the exact title and details. Recent X posts from the Russian Embassy and others discuss Kelin's similar comments on UK-Russia tensions and Ukraine (e.g., escalation, military warnings), consistent with ongoing diplomatic rhetoric. No contradicting evidence found on X or elsewhere.

UK engaged in search of external enemy amid domestic economic problems — diplomat

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Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin accused the UK of searching for an external enemy to distract from domestic economic problems, describing the pattern as historically familiar. The comment reflects ongoing diplomatic tensions between Russia and the United Kingdom amid the broader Russia-Ukraine conflict and Western sanctions regime.

UK engaged in search of external enemy amid domestic economic problems — diplomat

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