(edited by: Yedidia Cohen)
Until his resignation about six months ago, the then British Prime Minister was the man who led the western line against Vladimir Putin, who invaded Ukraine.
The line that Johnson led was even before the invasion, but he increased it after the invasion together with the President of the United States Joe Biden.
Western countries that are more dependent on Russia such as France and Germany followed later.
Any reasonable person can assume that the person sitting in the Kremlin does not like the person sitting in Downing 10, aka the house of the British Prime Minister.
But Johnson revealed that in one of the two’s last conversations before the invasion, Putin told him; “A threatening tone” because “he said, ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you but, with a missile, it will only take a minute.'”
Later, when asked if Putin meant his opinion seriously, he replied that Putin said it coldly, and therefore took the threat seriously.
The Kremlin denied the report and said: The report is not true. Or rather – he is false.
Either way, the report shocked the entire West this week – and Johnson continues to maintain relevance even after the end of his term as Prime Minister and his move to the back benches in Parliament.