The UK will call Russia “the number one threat” to the country next week. This was reported by The Sunday Times with reference to a comprehensive review of security, defense and foreign policy issues, which will be presented by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The publication indicates that such a statement is explained by “frequent aggressive incursions” by Russia into the water and airspace of Britain.
In addition, the article named China as a competing country, the threat from which is of an economic nature. The authors of the publication noted that the plans indicate an increase in the costs of the United Kingdom, which should allow London to confront Moscow and Beijing in cyberspace. “China is a competitor that is trying to steal intellectual property and pose a threat to economic security,” the source said.
Earlier, a poll by the Ronald Reagan Institute showed that the Americans stopped considering Russia the main threat to the United States and saw a danger in China. Most of all, Americans are worried about “cyberattacks”, and US citizens have an unfavorable opinion about “the Chinese political system and the Chinese Communist Party.” They are also concerned about human rights violations in China and want the United States to support the “pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.”