Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on October 20, citing her economic plan, which sent shockwaves through markets and divided her Conservative Party just six weeks after her appointment.

“The catastrophic ignorance and the queen’s funeral immediately following her audience with Liz Truss will be remembered; Britain has never known such a disgrace as Prime Minister,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Telegram.

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On the day Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister in September, Russian President Vladimir Putin remarked that the method by which Britain elects its leaders is “far from democratic.”

President Putin had hinted to the fact that her Conservative party’s members, not the entire country, had picked her in a leadership election. “In this case, the British people are not involved in the transition of power. There are arrangements made by the ruling class, “Putin stated.

Regarding the potential for relations with Britain, Vladimir Putin has stated: “We are aware of the Conservatives’ (the Tories’) stance on these issues, particularly how they view relations with Russia. Their relationship-building with the Russian Federation is their business. No one should have any doubts about the fact that our business is to continually defend our own interests.”

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Liz Truss doubled down on her support for Kyiv after Russia’s invasion when she promised at a UN summit during her first overseas trip after becoming prime minister to match or exceed the 2.3 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) in military aid given to Ukraine in 2002 the following year.

Since the announcement of a “mini-budget” by previous chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in September, which led the British pound to plunge to an all-time low versus the dollar, Truss and her struggling administration have come under strong criticism from both the opposition parties and her colleagues.

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Under the plans, which Kwarteng called a “new era” for the UK economy, a planned hike in company taxes was dropped. Additionally, the top income tax rate of 45% for persons earning more than £150,000 per year was removed, and there were decreases in both income tax and stamp duty on home purchases.