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The United States and Russia “on the brink of direct military conflict”, according to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs

This sounds like an end-of-the-world scenario. In an interview published this Friday by the Turkish daily Liberty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States and Russia are “on the brink of direct military conflict.”

“Under the current president, who has pushed the spiral of Russophobia in the United States to its limits, our countries are on the verge of direct military conflict,” he said in response to a question about the elections American.

“No preference” for the upcoming presidential election…

“We have no preference. At the time, the Trump administration adopted the most anti-Russian sanctions compared to its predecessors,” he added.

For the Russian minister, “no matter who wins the elections, we do not believe that the anti-Russian line of the United States can change”.

…But involvement via disinformation

Russia has increased disinformation operations against the campaign of Vice-President Kamala Harris by broadcasting conspiracy videos, the Microsoft group said in September, fueling concerns about foreign interference in the American elections.

Neither really adversaries nor really close, Donald Trump and the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin maintain a deliberately ambiguous relationship.

The Russian president judged that his relationship with the United States would depend on their attitude after the election, while welcoming the “sincerity” of the Republican candidate for his desire to establish peace in Ukraine.

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