{"id":7055,"date":"2026-06-22T23:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=7055"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:47:06","slug":"starmers-resignation-the-view-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/starmers-resignation-the-view-from-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer\u2019s resignation: The view from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The prime minister\u2019s departure is unlikely to alter London\u2019s support for Kiev or its confrontational stance toward Moscow, the Kremlin has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s resignation has drawn a mix of mockery and skepticism in Moscow, with officials and experts saying that his departure is unlikely to change London\u2019s hostile stance towards Russia.<\/p>\n

Relations at \u2018zero level\u2019<\/h2>\n

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the idea that Starmer\u2019s departure would alter bilateral ties, arguing that the British leader had \u201cnot done anything to distinguish himself on the issue of UK-Russian relations\u201d<\/em> and had consistently favored keeping them \u201cat a zero level.\u201d<\/em> Peskov added that there was little reason to expect any successor to take a markedly different policy.<\/p>\n

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Starmer\u2019s resignation \u2018unites us all\u2019<\/h2>\n

Russian Special Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev appeared to celebrate the news on X, writing: \u201cWe did it. Starmer’s resignation unites us all,\u201d<\/em> echoing comments made earlier by US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The criticism extended to Russia\u2019s parliament, where Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov predicted Starmer would be gone by autumn, branding him \u201ca destroyer of everything possible\u201d<\/em> who \u201conly sets countries against each other\u201d<\/em> and \u201chinders any negotiation process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

UK\u00a0policy on Ukraine and Russia\u00a0to remain unchanged<\/h2>\n

Speaking to RT on Monday, Nikolay Topornin, director of the Center for European Information and an international observer, said Starmer\u2019s departure is unlikely to bring any major shift in British foreign policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe British course to support Kiev, to punish Russia, and to provide military and financial support to Ukraine will remain unchanged,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

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He added that British policymakers understand Moscow\u2019s arguments \u201cvery clearly\u201d<\/em> but pay little attention to what Russia sees as the root causes of the conflict.<\/p>\n

Moscow has long insisted that any lasting settlement must address those issues, including Ukraine\u2019s neutrality, demilitarization, protections for Russian speakers, and recognition of territorial realities.<\/p>\n

The UK remains bound by agreements with Germany, France, Brussels, and Washington, Topornin argued. As long as they maintain a common stance on Russia and the Ukraine conflict, there is little room for any major shift in London’s policy, he said.<\/p>\n

The analyst noted that much will depend on appointments to top foreign-policy posts, but argued that no prominent British politician currently favors a meaningful change of course on the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

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Who\u2019s next?<\/h2>\n

Topornin predicted that Labour politician Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Manchester, would succeed Starmer. Burnham \u201chas not yet distinguished himself by some radical statements about foreign policy and changes in approaches to the conflict,\u201d<\/em> he said, adding that the rhetoric towards Moscow is unlikely to become \u201cmore pragmatic\u201d<\/em> as the new prime minister is expected to follow \u201cthe politics of the previous cabinet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Sergey Shein, a research fellow at the Higher School of Economics, echoed that view. He argued that Starmer is likely to oversee a managed transition rather than a sudden exit, while any successor, including Burnham, would initially be preoccupied with uniting the Labour Party. Domestically, Burnham would likely focus on economic recovery, housing, and healthcare, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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