Russia rejoices over Boris Johnson's downfall: the 'stupid clown' has gone


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  • Thursday, 07 Jul 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks at Downing Street in London Britain July 6 2022. REUTERSJohn Sibley

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks at Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley

LONDON (Reuters) -Russian politicians lined up to celebrate the downfall of Boris Johnson on Thursday, casting the British leader as a "stupid clown" who had finally got his just reward for arming Ukraine against Russia.

Johnson, the face of the 2016 Brexit campaign who won a resounding electoral victory in 2019 before leading the United Kingdom out of the European Union, announced he was quitting on Thursday after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers over a series of scandals.

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