Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev: We Are 'Approaching A Second Cold War'



New Cold War May Emerge in Ukraine Crisis, Medvedev Says -- Bloomberg

Russia is being pulled into a new Cold War with the U.S. and its allies, who are using economic warfare reminiscent of the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.

Russia has prepared a raft of retaliatory steps in response to potentially wider sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the European Union, Medvedev, 48, said yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg Television at his residence outside Moscow. While he didn’t give details of Russia’s potential steps, he described the punitive measures as a double-edged sword.

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Update: Russian Prime Minister: We Are 'Approaching a Second Cold War' -- Weekly Standard

My Comment: Sadly .... Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is probably correct .... we are entering a second .... albeit a different .... Cold War. The consequence on global relations will be profound .... and where this may eventually lead to is anyone's guess.

1 comment:

Rhaegar said...

RT has written that the Ukrainien parlament has ordered the troops to withrav from Eastern Ukraine and they want ferderlisation. No other media have written about this, as i write this.