Russia Warns US Of Fresh Cold War

KABUL: (Middle East Press) A senior Russian official has warned the US and its Western allies that their neglectful policies are putting the world in risk of a fresh Cold War.

The chairman of the Russian parliament’s lower house, Sergei Naryshkin, said on Wednesday that the decision by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to provide Ukraine with weapons is a criminal step.

“The suspicious and irresponsible policy of the United States and those countries that are on its leash is pushing the world to the edge of a new cold war,” said Naryshkin.

Earlier on Sunday, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Valery Heletey said NATO was providing his county with weapons in a bid to provide the country to fight pro-Russian activists and “stop” Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Kiev and its Western allies accuse Moscow of sending troops into eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Russia activists battling Ukrainian forces. Russia, however, denies the accusation.

Russia’s parliament speaker, though, said the United States and its allies in NATO are behind the disorder in the country, which unfolded six months ago.

He added that NATO’s promises will constitute a direct intervention and complicity in the crimes being committed in Ukraine.

He warned that the European people are waking up to “mindless fulfillment” of US orders which diminish their national control and cause economic losses.

His remarks came in the wake of NATO’s plans to hold military exercises in Ukraine.

According to European Command (EUCOM) spokesman Gregory Hicks, about 1,300 troops from 15 countries, are participating in the maneuvers. The drills started early Monday near the country’s border with Poland.