“THE WORLD IS SICK AND QUITE PROBABLY IS ON THE VERGE OF A NEW WORLD WAR”, PUTIN ALLY MEDVEDEV SAYS

Tue 25 Apr 2023:

On Tuesday, a trusted associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the world was likely on the brink of a second world war, and that the risks of a nuclear conflict were also rising, though neither eventuality was unavoidable, Anadolu Agency reported.

Opponents should not underestimate Russia’s will, said Medvedev, who also served as Russian president between 2008 and 2012, during an educational marathon in Moscow dubbed “Knowledge,” which serves as a venue for free discussions between young people and government authorities.

When asked about climate change, Medvedev responded, “Do you really care about the climate to such an extent? In my opinion, this is nothing compared to the prospect of being at the epicenter of an explosion with a temperature of 5,000 Kelvin (scale). Is there such a prospect today? (Unfortunately,) yes. And it is growing every day for well-known reasons,” he said.

Medvedev added such a new world war was not inevitable but said the risks of a nuclear confrontation were growing – and more serious than concerns about climate change.

“The world is sick and quite probably is on the verge of a new world war,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Putin’s powerful security council, told a conference in Moscow.

Putin says the world faces the most dangerous decade since World War Two. He casts the war in Ukraine as an existential battle with an aggressive and arrogant West, and has said that Russia will use all available means to protect itself against any aggressor.

The US and its allies have denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an imperial land grab. Ukraine has sworn to fight until all Russian troops leave its land, and claims Russian nuclear exaggeration is intended to scare the West into cutting military supplies.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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