By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-06 17:21:08 | Updated at 2024-12-22 21:06:35
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West should cooperate with Russia ‘for the sake of the universe’, Lavrov tells Tucker Carlson
The Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | December 6th, 2024 | James Kilner
Posted on 12/06/2024 9:19:52 AM PST by Mariner
The West should cooperate with Russia “for the sake of the universe” because the Kremlin will use “any means” to defend itself, the Russian foreign minister has said.
Sergey Lavrov made the warning in a 90-minute interview in Moscow with US talk show host Tucker Carlson that has been criticised as a gift for the Kremlin’s propaganda machine.
“They must understand that we would be ready to use any means not to allow them to succeed in what they call a strategic defeat of Russia,” Mr Lavrov said.
Mr Lavrov was talking two weeks after the Kremlin unveiled a new intermediate-range missile called the Oreshnik which it tested against the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Vladimir Putin has threatened to fire it at European cities in response to Western missiles being fired into Russia.
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The number 1 strategic priority of the US must be Detente with Russia.
If we don't achieve this, no other national objective matters one whit.
1 posted on 12/06/2024 9:19:52 AM PST by Mariner
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