Russian PM Medvedev says new cold war is on

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on 13 February 2016, Russia's prime minister Dmitry Medvedev said strains between Russia and the West had pushed the world 'into a new cold war'. Mr Medvedev also criticised those who protrayed Russia as a threat.

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