Russia faults Obama, accuses U.S. of ‘bossy’ posture
21 January 2015 |
9:28 am
RUSSIA on Wednesday disparaged President Barack Obama's keynote speech, claiming it showed that the United States wanted to dominate world affairs. "Americans have set a course for confrontation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters. "Obama's address yesterday shows that there's just one thing at the heart of (their) philosophy: 'We are number one'... It…
RUSSIA on Wednesday disparaged President Barack Obama’s keynote speech, claiming it showed that the United States wanted to dominate world affairs.
“Americans have set a course for confrontation,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters. “Obama’s address yesterday shows that there’s just one thing at the heart of (their) philosophy: ‘We are number one’… It shows that the United States wants to dominate the world.”
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