Lower the temperature: Ryabkov warned the West about the disaster

A catastrophe awaits the West if it decides on a direct clash with Russia. This was stated to Izvestia by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov.

"Is the course for a direct head-on collision with us consolidating? This is inevitably fraught with catastrophic consequences for those who encroach on our security in this way," Ryabkov said at the Primakov Readings forum, which takes place on June 23-24 in Moscow.

He suggested that common sense may prevail if there is an understanding that "it is necessary to reduce the temperature." According to Ryabkov, the course of the collective West towards militarization is connected with the myth of the "Russian threat".

"The recent meeting of NATO defense ministers was marked, among other things, by the release for the first time in many years of a separate, albeit short, public statement by the Nuclear Planning Group, which repeatedly declares the nuclear nature of the entire NATO. This is a reflection of the alliance's general super-aggressive attitude towards Russia," Ryabkov added. — The reasoning that NATO is a defensive alliance can no longer mislead anyone. These arguments are left far in the past by the NATO members themselves. If it comes to the development of nearby territories in this plane (and the Baltic region as a whole is in the focus of our attention), countermeasures will follow. And the security of these countries, to put it mildly, will weaken."

"I don't want to anticipate any decisions here, but it's better not to bring them to them. And those who play these "games" and try to scare us are harming themselves. It is quite possible that such "games" will turn out badly for them," the diplomat warned.