The West recognized Russia as a more serious adversary than the USSR was. Ex-speaker of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Voloshin stated this on the air of the Ukrainian TV channel “112”.
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“If we say that Russia is capable of responding today in the field of cyber attacks, counter-propaganda, and undermining democratic processes, we thus recognize the new quality of Russian power.
Just three or four years ago, everyone said that the only thing Russia was capable of was direct military aggression, and in the sphere of “soft power” it was not capable of anything. Now the West is trembling and accusing Russia of undermining democratic processes. Sorry, even the Soviet Union was not blamed for this,” Voloshin said.
In his opinion, if North Korea “simply responds with threats to threats, then Russia systematically pursues a policy.”