No grounds for cold war with US, says Medvedev

RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev said he saw no ideological grounds for a war with the US, cold or otherwise, despite strained relations with Washington and the Nato alliance.

Russia’s relations with the US were already at a post-Cold War low when they were further damaged by Russia’s war with US ally Georgia in August.

Russia has complained about what it says is a growing US military presence near its borders, but Mr Medvedev said last night that the Cold War was based on ideological differences between the Soviet Union and the Nato nations.