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| British Tabloids Go Wild as UK Sends a 'Message' to 'Vlad'; Destroyer Sent to Russian Shore
The UK's tabloid press was unable to contain its excitement in covering the news that a Royal Navy destroyer had entered the Black Sea for exercises with the Romanian Navy. London, the papers said, was sending a special message to Moscow and to Vladimir Putin. Military expert Ivan Konovalov told Radio Sputnik how Moscow interprets this message. Over the weekend, it was reported that the the British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Daring had crossed the Bosporus into the Black Sea on its way to conduct joint training exercises with Romania's King Ferdinand frigate, and to pay a visit to Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta. The UK's tabloid press, always on the lookout for a political cheap shot at Russia's expense, gleefully used the occasion to stick it to Moscow. The Daily Mail, for example, headlined its piece on the destroyer's deployment as follows: "So how do you like it, Vlad? Royal Navy sends message to Putin by sailing HMS Daring into Russia's own back yard." The outlet stressed