Does England Hate Russia? England, Truman and the Greek Connection

... Cyprus, Mackinder’s obsession with Russia, the Bolsheviks, the “Fourth World War”, the Greek Civil War, and the Cold War, and more recently, the recent attacks on Russia by British politicians. Most notable of the mentioned events, Britain used Greece to stir up anti-Soviet flames. Individual characteristics such as atavism, nostalgia, arrogance, envy, racism, and what may be termed as “post-imperial rigor mortis ” are all key factors in explaining today’s negative attitude towards Russia ...