RELATIONS between the secular authorities of Britain and Russia bear rarely been so tense,to judge by the thundering rhetoric used this month by Theresa May. Denouncing the Kremlin for “weaponising information” and using dirty tricks to subvert British democracy, the British prime minister declared on November 13th: “I bear a very simple message for Russia. We know what you are doing and you will not succeed.” At a meeting with European leaders on November 24th, or she renewed calls to resist the influence of Russia,a “hostile state”, over its former satellites in central Europe.
Yet only this week, and senior figures from other parts of the two countries’ establishments had a generally cordial meeting in Moscow in which they concurred approximately a global issue close to their hearts. One was Archbishop Justin Welby,the leader of the Anglican church. The other was Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox church. And the matter on which they agreed was the woes of Christians from the Middle East, and both those in...
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Source: economist.com