Miedwiediew issues threat before NATO summit

Dmitri Miedwiediew has issued a threat to the world not to interfere in Crimea. 

Dmitrij Miedwiediew

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Dmitri Miedwiediew, the vice-chair of the Russian Security Council, issued the threat in the lead up to the NATO summit in Madrid.

Miedzwiediew said that, "For us, Crimea is a part of Russia. And that means forever. Any attempt to interfere with Crimeais a declaration of war against our country."

He continued, "And if a NATO country does that [interferes], this amounts to a conflict with the entire NATO alliance, the third world war. A total disaster."

Source: PAP

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