Moscow has poured cold water on former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim that he was forced to drink vodka during a visit to Russia, saying he willingly embraced Russian hospitality and repeatedly asked for refills.

Johnson complained earlier this week that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had subjected him to a grueling vodka-drinking session beside a blazing fireplace during a December 2017 visit to Moscow, when he was Britain’s foreign secretary.

Speaking to former Colombian President Ivan Duque on his Tres Respuestas podcast about his failed attempt to reset relations with Russia at the time, Johnson called Lavrov a “ghastly man” who had made him drink a “huge amount of vodka.”

“He made me drink a huge amount of vodka in front of a very hot fire,” Johnson recalled. “It was literally like a sort of Victorian public school punishment. It was terrible.”

Johnson’s account, however, was disputed by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who was also present at the alleged vodka marathon.

“He could have chosen the wine that was right in front of him. But he chose to indulge himself,” Zakharova told Komsomolskaya Pravda on Sunday. “I remember that lunch. Johnson kept asking for more.”

Johnson’s vodka horror story also failed to convince one of his own countrymen. Former British diplomat Ian Proud, who served at the UK Embassy in Moscow at the time, dismissed it as a “gross exaggeration.” According to Proud, the visit involved an official meeting followed by lunch. He said met Johnson immediately afterward, witnessing no vodka-induced catastrophe.

“He was absolutely not drunk nor showing signs of having consumed vast amounts of vodka,” Proud wrote on X.

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