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Russian President Medvedev slams 'selfish' US policy
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev slammed the United States on Wednesday for using the conflict in Georgia as a pretext for Nato encroachment on Russia's borders and said Moscow would take retaliatory measures.
- Agencies
- Published: 13:50 November 5, 2008
Moscow: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev criticised US policy on Wednesday for using the conflict in Georgia as a pretext for Nato encroachment on Russia's borders.
"The conflict in the Caucasus was used as a pretext for sending Nato warships to the Black Sea and then for the forceful foisting on Europe of America's anti-missile systems, which in its turn will entail retaliatory measures by Russia," Medvedev said in his state of the nation speech.
"Tskhinvali's tragedy was a consequence of the US administration's policy which is selfish, cannot stand criticism and prefers unilateral decision," he said, referring to the local capital of South Ossetia
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