MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Drawing direct parallels between the United Kingdom leaving EU and the fall of the Soviet Union is unnecessary, though turbulence and unpredictability is obvious following the referendum, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.
"Russia is a country that has gone through very difficult times throughout its history. Russia is a country that survived the fall of the Soviet Union. Many generations clearly remember the period of the Soviet Union's fall, therefore, of course, drawing direct parallels is, perhaps, unreasonable. But it is clear that this is a turbulent, unclear, unpredictable time," Peskov told reporters.
The majority of Brits voted in Thursday’s referendum to quit the European Union, despite London, Scotland, and Northern Ireland voting predominantly against
