Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has called on the Stop the War coalition to stage protests outside the Russian embassy in response to the bombing of Aleppo, to increase pressure on Moscow to negotiate a ceasefire. “But if we have a protest outside the Russian embassy it wouldn’t make a blind bit of difference as to what [Vladimir] Putin does because we are in Britain and were are in the west. I’d certainly like to see demonstrations outside the Russian embassy. The press secretary at the Russian embassy added: “The jihadists keep terrorising the civilians and fighting, rejecting ceasefire and humanitarian aid deliveries. Fight on to destroy the jihadists, sparing the civilians.”Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) Very unusual call from the Foreign Secretary to hold demonstrations in front of the Russian embassy.

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2016 10:42 UTC