[2][3] The term, in addition to its derogatory connotations, has implications that the so-called "Anglo-Saxons" stand in civilizational opposition to the Eurasian Russian world and hold irreconcilable differences.
[3][better source needed] Russian political scientist in exile Vladimir Pastukhov has described the "Anglo-Saxons" as occupying a "mythical" quality in the mind of Kremlin ideologues.
[4] Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov and Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova are among the most prolific users of the term.
"Anglo-Saxons" also has implications that the Western world opposed to the Putin regime is not completely united, and that the English-speaking countries are not connected much to Europe.
[6] Lynne M. Tracy, the American ambassador to Russia, has publicly spoken against use of the phrase, calling it "very strange".