Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov gave interview to CNN on a wide range of issues, focusing on Russia-US relations

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov gave interview to CNN on a wide range of issues, focusing on Russia-US relations, the West’s hybrid war against Russia, the emerging multipolar world and the Ukrainian crisis, its true roots and essence (Moscow, December 4, 2024) Key talking points • The risks [of escalation between the USA and Russia] are high and they are growing. That’s quite disturbing. I believe we have a great lack of restraint on the part of the West, United States in particular, where people seemingly underestimate our resolve to defend our core national security interests. • If not for the Trump-1 administration that simply destroyed the INF Treaty, which served well interests of both the US and Russia for several decades, then there would be no “Oreshnik“ in our hands. • Our strong will to defend our interests by all means is there and it’s unwavered and unshaken, irrespective of how many billion of dollars will be burned in this conflict by the US. ️ We ... Source: Russian MFA