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A Russian foreign minister has mocked the UK for having a "weak" military and nuclear arsenal in a raging attack on the country. ‌

Sergei Lavrov, 75, had disappeared from view "in disgrace" and was reported as being sidelined by Vladimir Putin over a failure to arrange a Budapest summit with Donald Trump. Other whispers suggested Lavrov had been suffering from a secret medical condition. ‌

But he came back today to slam Britain who the Kremlin regards as enemy number one for marshalling Western support behind Ukraine, reports the Mirror . ‌

“You see, there was an empire, an empire that ruled practically the whole world,” said Lavrov.

“Now that empire no longer exists. Nor does the good old England they used to boast about, and they no longer have any economic

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