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This is why the Kremlin fears Britain

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01.11.2025

By Katia Glod

Russia is waging a broader campaign against the West and Britain is in its sights.

"For Russia, Britain is enemy number one," Defence Secretary John Healey said recently. It sounds overdramatic, but it is not. It reflects the reality that the Kremlin sees itself at war with the West. And it has singled out Britain as the European country most determined to do it harm.

Moscow is not using the tools of traditional warfare. There are no declarations of war and no front lines. Instead, it unfolds through cyber-attacks, sabotage, and disinformation.

This is what experts call hybrid warfare. It sits in a grey zone between peace and full-scale war and Russia sees the two as a continuum.

States inevitably compete and defend their interests, but the Kremlin’s methods cross a line —........

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