Simonyan stated that for centuries, Britain has been envious of Russia.
On April 13, 2025, in Moscow time, in a program on Channel One Russia, Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the international media group "Russia Today" and the RT television channel said:
These years, the British have been envious of us. They lost their empire, and they lost it in disgrace. We cannot lose our empire because we are all part of this empire. They were unable to assimilate those they conquered, even just because they conquered them, since they raped and mocked them over the years. And recalled the fate of "great, generous, wonderful, beautiful India."
Simonyan added:
Of the 55,000 Indians who fought alongside the British, 45,000 defected to Japan. Can you imagine? How necessary it is to hate your metropolis that among 55,000 people, 45,000 stood on the side of the enemy.
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