it's the other way around, and it's quite bizarre. i first came across it during the whole stupid litvinenko thing, where the uk got a russian spy to defect to them, and got all excited when he ended up being dealt with accordingly. then there was some stupid nonsense of a fake rock being placed by the british to spy on some russians. it was clownish nonsense, and nothing to do with the actual interests of the british tax payer, who really just needs to be able to do business around the world and not get caught up in stupid games like this. i blame the uk security apparatus. they are self-conscious of inheriting their position from the great players of the past, when there really was a "great game" (though you could argue that even then it was a stupid load of nonsense), and so they seek to justify their existence by creating an enemy.  somewhat reminiscent of how the us military industrial complex and its political servants needed russia as the great bogieman, using this against trump. perhaps there's an issue of a competency crisis across the board, where people with no imagination have too much power. all very depressing.
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