MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned on Monday that the world had reached a “dangerous point” as tensions between Russia and the United States have spiked over the Syria conflict.
Relations between Moscow and Washington — already at their lowest since the Cold War over the Ukraine conflict — have soured further in recent days as the United States pulled the plug on Syria talks and accused Russia of hacking attacks.
The Kremlin meanwhile has suspended a series of nuclear pacts, including a symbolic cooperation deal to cut stocks of weapons-grade plutonium.
“I think the world has reached a dangerous point,” Gorbachev, …read more
Source: Free Malaysia Today