Russia dismisses Britain as 'small island nobody cares about except oligarch who bought Chelsea'

David Cameron was left furious at the G20 summit after Russia dismissed Britain as “a small island that nobody listens to”.

The extraordinary slur came at the meeting in St Petersburg which turned into a slanging match between world leaders over Syria gas attacks.

Russia’s remarks were clearly aimed at deflating the importance of the PM’s backing for America’s proposed air strikes against Basha al Assad.

Mr Cameron hit back and claimed he had fresh evidence of chemical weapons use.

But America was the major target of Russia’s anger.

US Secretary of State John Kerry was branded a liar who misled his own Congress to get a vote in favour of bombing Syria. Full story...

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