British fish and chips are beneath menace from Mad Vlad who desires to tear up an historic fishing settlement with the UK.
The tyrant is planning to ban our boats from key cod and haddock fishing grounds off the Russian coast by axing the longstanding Barents Sea deal.
Russkie newspaper Izvestiya revealed Putin’s agriculture ministry has already submitted draft laws besides us out. Up to 40% of our cod and haddock comes from Russia and its territories. If the legislation is permitted, which seems to be seemingly, will probably be a serious blow to UK fish provides and costs would rocket.
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The price of a chippy tea has already priced many hard-up Brits out of the deal with, which was loved up and down the nation at the least as soon as every week. A portion of cod and chips now prices simply over £11 on common.
The Russian newspaper stated the draft invoice has Vlad’s authorities’s backing. It quotes official paperwork as saying: “The denunciation of the agreement will not cause serious foreign policy and economic consequences for the Russian Federation.”
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The settlement dates again to 1956 when the then USSR permitted the UK’s ships to fish within the Barents Sea, off the north coast of Norway.
Around £1.2bn of fish and chips is bought in Britain annually. But the Federation of Fish Fryers final yr warned that many outlets are vulnerable to closing as prospects bow out of shopping for a tasty supper.
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It comes as tensions between the UK and Russia elevated final month as extra sanctions got here into pressure over the Ukraine battle. The UK authorities imposed additional restrictions on items, expertise and sources of funding that would help Russia’s conflict effort.
An announcement from the Foreign Office stated: “Following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, the UK and its allies introduced the most severe sanctions ever imposed on a major economy. Imports to the UK from Russia fell by 94% in the year following the invasion, while exports plunged by 74%.”
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Britain will solely enable low-risk humanitarian, meals and well being exports to stay unsanctioned.
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