Putin declares war on Britain's CHIPPYS, a 68-year-old peace treaty that allows British trawlers to catch Russian cod

VLADIMIR Putin has declared war on Britain's fish and chip shops after tearing up a treaty that allowed British trawlers to catch Russian cod.

The Russian It is believed that the tyrant personally made the decision to banish the agreement signed almost seventy years ago.

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Plan PutinBritain's action is an act of revenge for Britain's obstruction of the Russian economy sanctions because of the war in Ukraine And Supplying Kiev with missiles.

His accommodating parliament ended an agreement signed by the Soviet Union British ships for fishing in the Barents Sea.

The 71-year-old dictator's warships could now be used against trawlers trying to catch cod on Putin's doorstep.

In Moscow, the trick is seen as a masterstroke that Putin personally devised and that hits the British where it hurts.

The speaker of Russia's parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, snarled that it was an attempt to take Britain's favorite dinner off the table.

He said: “Putin returned Crimea to Russia, and he will forever be remembered as the president who returned our territory.

“And it's him again, it's solely his decision: he gave us our fish back.

'Because it was eaten by the unscrupulous British for 68 years.

'They have announced sanctions against us, but they themselves get 40 percent of their diet, their fish menu, from our cod.

'Now let them lose weight and become smarter. Because cod and other fish species, including haddock, make up 40 percent of their diet. And it's one of their favorite dishes.

“Now, at the initiative of our president, we have returned this favorite dish to them.”

But the rebel National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) – which represents Britain's fish and chip industry – laughed at Putin's attempt to eliminate Britain.

NFFF president Andrew Crook told The Sun: “This was just an attempt by the Russians to give the impression that they were responding to the sanctions imposed on them by the British government.

“But the reality is that we do not fish in Russian waters in the Barents Sea.

'There is only one British registered vessel that could do that, the Kirkella, but it doesn't go that far.

“The life cycle of cod is such that the young fish go to that area to grow and are left alone to grow, so that in the future there is the biomass needed when it returns to the fishing grounds in the Barents Sea.”

Loyalist Volodin, 60, claimed that Moscow had been negligent in failing to catch the British earlier.

He added: “The agreement was made 68 years ago, in 1956.

“England simply got it one-sided and was allowed to fish close to our coasts.

“And what has our country gotten? And why was it not decided sooner to terminate the treaty?”

MP Roza Chemeris lamented: “Last year alone, more than 500,000 tons of fish were harvested under this agreement.”

FISHING BUSINESS

The decision to 'abandon' the treaty was originally leaked to the newspaper Izvestia, owned by a media conglomerate headed by Alina Kabaeva, 40, the dictator's lover.

For almost seventy years, even at the height of the Cold War, British ships were allowed to fish along the coast of the Kola Peninsula and east of Cape Kanin Nos, as well as around Kolguev Island and other islands.

Moscow said it was taking these steps after Britain excluded Russia from most-favoured-nation trading status in March 2023.

Putin's regime was particularly angry about an additional 35 percent tariff on imports of certain Russian goods, including copper and vodka.

Britain said this was done to “inflict maximum damage on the Russian economy while minimizing negative consequences for Britain.”

The 1956 agreement led to a boom in British fishing in the Barents Sea.

In 1961, British ships caught 158,000 tons of cod in the Barents Sea.

Nine years later this had risen to 181,000 tonnes, when the Cod Wars led to a reduction in catches around Iceland.

Fishing quotas have reduced the size of allowable catches.

The Fisheries Agreement between Britain and the Soviet Union was signed in Moscow on May 25, 1956 by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov and British Ambassador to the USSR William Hayter.

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