The former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, declared during a conference in Moscow this Tuesday that the world is likely to be on the verge of a new world war.
In his speech, the close ally of President Putin stated that the dangers of a nuclear confrontation are increasing.
"The world is probably on the brink of a new world war," Medvedev said during a conference in Moscow on April 25.
Medvedev is currently the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, which is a very powerful institution in this country.
He said that such a war is not inevitable, but the dangers of nuclear confrontation are increasing and are more serious than concerns about climate change, writes rel.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the world is facing the most dangerous decade since World War II. He considers the war in Ukraine as an existential battle against, as he has said, an aggressive and arrogant West.
The Russian leader has declared that his country will use all necessary means to defend itself against any aggressor.