Russia's foreign ministry says UK's Johnson poisoned with hatred

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday that British foreign minister Boris Johnson was poisoned with hatred and anger, and that she found it frightening he represents a nuclear power.

Writing on her social media page, Maria Zakharova was responding to comments made earlier in the day by Johnson that compared Russia's hosting of this year's World Cup to the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.

(Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Mark Heinrich)