[D66] Gorbachev warns Ukraine could ignite World War III

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http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/01/31/ukra-j31.html

Gorbachev warns Ukraine could ignite World War III
By Niles Williamson
31 January 2015

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, accused the
United States Thursday of initiating a new Cold War with Russia and
expressed fears that the conflict could escalate into a nuclear Third
World War.

Gorbachev made his comments as fighting escalated in Ukraine between
forces directed by the US- and European Union-backed government in Kiev
and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donbass region.

“Plainly speaking, the US has already dragged us into a new Cold War,
trying to openly implement its idea of triumphalism,” the former Soviet
leader told Interfax. “What’s next? Unfortunately, I cannot be sure that
the Cold War will not bring about a ‘hot’ one. I’m afraid [the United
States] might take the risk.”

He criticized the US and the EU for continuing to press for more
economic sanctions against Russia. “All we hear from the US and the EU
now is sanctions against Russia,” he continued. “Are they completely out
of their minds? The US has been totally ‘lost in the jungle’ and is
dragging us there as well.”