OREANDA-NEWS. Russian Ambassador to Great Britain Andrey Kelin declared that Moscow would not abandon its political course in exchange for establishing relations with London.

“Outstanding British figures determine this [Restoration of relations. – Ed.] with certain factors: Russia must change its behavior, return the Crimea, stop operations in Syria and declare that a case similar to the Skripals’ will not happen again,” he said. “If the price is such… probably, relations with Britain are not comparable in weight with all this. Russia will not change its behavior,” the diplomat added.

According to him, at present it is impossible to talk about a warming of relations, while the level of anti-Russian statements is gradually increasing. At the same time, Kelin admitted that “now the anti-Russian wave is returning to the previous level.” “We’re receiving signals through various channels that it’s time to turn the page. They are thinking about it in Great Britain. Of course, that would be nice,” Kelin resumed.