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14 favourite takedowns of this photo of Rishi Sunak ‘glaring’ at a Russian politician

Oonagh Keating. Updated November 15th, 2022

Fresh from COP 27, which he didn’t want to attend, the PM – Rishi Sunak, this week, for clarity – is at the G20 summit, where he’s rubbing shoulders with the powerful, like an ecstatic geek at Comic Con.

It’s the first time a UK prime minister has faced a member of the Russian government in person since the invasion of Ukraine – although it’s the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, not the big dog himself.

Sunak suggested the only way to deal with the situation is for Russia to “get out of Ukraine and end this barbaric war.” Fair enough.

There was even a photo to go with the reports of Sunak’s comment.

You could be forgiven for wondering where the glaring photo is, but that’s it – and it got exactly the reactions you’d expect.

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If he’d paid more attention at COP 27, he might have got it right.

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