They also habitually call the British "Anglo-Saxons" nowadays. They used to simply call them (all of British nations) "English" and the entire UK "England", but now it's "Anglo-Saxon countries". I'm not sure is this supposed to be an insult or what, it's so weird.
Your knowledge of British history and present is as good as if you were an average Russian official. There have been no Anglo-Saxon countries since 1066.
Almost 1,000 years ago already, the Anglo-Saxons have been destroyed (culturally and physically) and replaced as the ruling class by the French Vikings the Normans as well as the Bretons (Welshified French). In effect, the descendants of Anglo-Saxons are a minority even in England, not to mention Wales or Scotland, and in particular only 3 (three) AS aristocratic families survived the Norman Conquest and its genocide-style aftermath without being killed (on the male side, the Normans/Bretons would often marry the women after killing the men) or exiled: Berkeley, Swinton and Arden (perhaps Wentworth too). On the commoner side, most people in England always were and still are (by DNA) just the indigenous (Celtic) Britons, similar as in the rest of the UK (with obviously Northern Ireland as well as Scotland too being also highly Irish sort of insular Celtic, Scotland because of the Scoti invasion and colonization that ended the Picts, then become Germanized in turn by the other Vikings). Which is why we call them British, all of the countries of Great Britain (Northern Ireland too).
Only "Saxons countries" are in Germany today, but there's nothing "Anglo" about them. It's funny because the memetic Dresden is in Saxony, Germany.
True, but for some reason, English became associated with Anglo-Saxon. It's to the point that some people refer to white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs). I've seen it used in histories of the late 19th century in America, differentiating to those with deeper American roots to recent European immigrants.
Fair enough, but I doubt the Russian Embassy didn't know.
Edit - actually reading that story, it seems like complete nonsense. It's literally: no one in the entire Russian military is competent, is capable, and had no desire to wage war. Also, most if not all the Russians died.
That's not a description of war, that just sounds like propaganda.
They weren't in the military, they were Interior Ministry employees. They threw in just all kind of troops (including private militias of Kadyrov and Prigozhin) already on day 1. For example the mentioned infiltrators in civilian clothes were from the SVR (foreign intelligence service), they were later exchanged for some Azov guys.
They also habitually call the British "Anglo-Saxons" nowadays. They used to simply call them (all of British nations) "English" and the entire UK "England", but now it's "Anglo-Saxon countries". I'm not sure is this supposed to be an insult or what, it's so weird.
Your knowledge of British history and present is as good as if you were an average Russian official. There have been no Anglo-Saxon countries since 1066.
Almost 1,000 years ago already, the Anglo-Saxons have been destroyed (culturally and physically) and replaced as the ruling class by the French Vikings the Normans as well as the Bretons (Welshified French). In effect, the descendants of Anglo-Saxons are a minority even in England, not to mention Wales or Scotland, and in particular only 3 (three) AS aristocratic families survived the Norman Conquest and its genocide-style aftermath without being killed (on the male side, the Normans/Bretons would often marry the women after killing the men) or exiled: Berkeley, Swinton and Arden (perhaps Wentworth too). On the commoner side, most people in England always were and still are (by DNA) just the indigenous (Celtic) Britons, similar as in the rest of the UK (with obviously Northern Ireland as well as Scotland too being also highly Irish sort of insular Celtic, Scotland because of the Scoti invasion and colonization that ended the Picts, then become Germanized in turn by the other Vikings). Which is why we call them British, all of the countries of Great Britain (Northern Ireland too).
Only "Saxons countries" are in Germany today, but there's nothing "Anglo" about them. It's funny because the memetic Dresden is in Saxony, Germany.
True, but for some reason, English became associated with Anglo-Saxon. It's to the point that some people refer to white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs). I've seen it used in histories of the late 19th century in America, differentiating to those with deeper American roots to recent European immigrants.
But, you were planning on invading Ukraine.
Some dude in Sweden embassy was certainly not aware of the plan, just as like all their grunts and even most of officers.
https://thedebrief.org/know-no-mercy-the-russian-cops-who-tried-to-storm-kyiv-by-themselves/ is a good article about this time, and the first days.
Fair enough, but I doubt the Russian Embassy didn't know.
Edit - actually reading that story, it seems like complete nonsense. It's literally: no one in the entire Russian military is competent, is capable, and had no desire to wage war. Also, most if not all the Russians died.
That's not a description of war, that just sounds like propaganda.
They weren't in the military, they were Interior Ministry employees. They threw in just all kind of troops (including private militias of Kadyrov and Prigozhin) already on day 1. For example the mentioned infiltrators in civilian clothes were from the SVR (foreign intelligence service), they were later exchanged for some Azov guys.