HELSINKI – Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb warned Tuesday that the conflict in the Ukraine was bringing the world to the “brink of a Cold War” but that trade sanctions were the only credible weapon against Russia.”Russia’s foreign policy doctrine has Cold War elements,” he told public broadcaster YLE.”In many ways we’re on the brink of a Cold War.” That warning echoed almost word-for-word an assessment given on the weekend by Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, as he attended the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.However, despite reports of increased Russian military activity in the …read more
Source: AsiaOne
