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HARDtalk: Sergei Ryabkov

22/08/2008

Sergei Ryabkov

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Stephen Sackur asks Sergei Ryabkov if an East-West confrontation is in Russia's interest.

Stephen Sackur asks Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov if a new East-West confrontation is really in Russia's interest?

From the Caucusus to the Baltic, the cold war no longer seems like a distant memory. In the last two weeks Russian tanks have been on the move in neighbouring territory, NATO members have been holding crisis talks, and Moscow and Washington have been trading accusations. Stephen Sackur asks Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov if a new East-West confrontation is really in Russia's interest?

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