The British publication Private Eye writes in its article that the war that is going on in Ukraine today was played out in miniature in 2014.. And proposals to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation were already then. This gave Putin time to draw conclusions and prepare, including for sanctions..

Ministers really think sanctions will put Russia in its place? During a debate in the House of Commons in 2014, when Vladimir Putin first invaded Ukraine, one low-profile conservative laughed at the sanctions, doubting they would even work.. Instead, we need to send weapons to the Ukrainians. What was the name of that member? Ben Wallace. And now he's the Minister of Defense.

Almost everything that is said about Putin's latest invasion has already been said 8 years ago. But no one paid attention to this, except for Putin himself, who noticed our widespread apathy. It is necessary to speak out against Russia, the deputies said. Not! Let's stop the flow of dirty money in the City of London. Not! Maybe we will deprive Russian politicians of access to international diplomatic freebies? Not!

Let's remember what was said in 2014 about money laundering by foreign dictators: “Do we really want to become a safe haven for international criminals, mafia bosses, despots and their cronies? We want London to be a safe deposit box for their dirty money.? We should ban these crooks and hooligans as a matter of course. And not let them siphon their criminal achievements through London,” said Dominic Raab, who later became foreign minister and is now vice prime minister and minister of justice..

However, the oligarchs continued to store their gold in City wallets..

Foreign Minister in 2014 was Miliam Haig, who recently wrote articles for the Times about how crazy Putin and his henchmen are.. But he wasn't so tough when he could do something about the crime of these kleptocrats..

“While we welcome the close ties between Ukraine and the EU,” he told parliamentarians, “we recognize that Russia has absolutely legitimate interests and absolutely legitimate relations with Ukraine.”. Well what a mess!

In 2014, Putin's embassy in London noticed deputies' vicious demands that it was time to expel Russia from the Council of Europe, the famous " Christopher Chop stressed that Russia " Haig agreed that Chop had raised a serious issue and promised to discuss Russia's expulsion from the organization during his next meeting with the general secretary.. And nothing has been done.

Eight years after that, John Govwell declared: " And Boris Johnson to this: “I sincerely support what he said”. And now it's finally happened.

Among those speaking out against Russia was also Lord Anderson of Swan, former head of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.. He certainly feels bolder now than he did in 2014, when he insisted that Ukraine and Britain should not do anything that Russia might find " In 2014, Labor MP Angela Eagle demanded a " In 2022, she already attacked Boris Johnson precisely for such a hierarchy of sanctions..

But in general it was " Eight years ago there were calls, in particular from conservatives Julian Lewis and John Beron, for more defense spending.. In 2022, the same calls were made by… Julian Lewis and John Beron. Defense spending slightly increased. But they are still not up to the level of the Cold War.

Russia still had some friends in 2014 when Edward Lay (Conservative) defended Russian interests in Ukraine and urged British MPs to “resist wild talk of economic sanctions”. Now he is silent. But Lord Lee (non-factional) still holds the pro-Russian front, and, like 8 years ago, insists on the legality of Russian encroachments on Ukraine. Given Lee's punishment for sex scandals, hardly anyone would want to have a defender like him.. But since Putin doesn't have many friends in Westminster, he'll settle for what he has..