Medvedev: We Are Probably on Verge of a New World War

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 4:54 am | < 1 Minute Read

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, attends a meeting with officials and employees of the military industrial corporation, the Scientific and Production Machine Building Association, in the town of Reutov in the Moscow region, Russia, Tuesday. (Sputnik/Yekaterina Shtukina/Pool via REUTERS)

MOSCOW (Reuters) – An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that the world was probably on the verge of a new world war, cautioning that the risks of a nuclear confrontation were also rising, though neither scenario was inevitable.

“The world is sick and quite probably is on the verge of a new world war,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who serves as deputy chairman of Putin’s powerful security council, told a conference in Moscow.

He said such a new world war was not inevitable but said the risks of a nuclear confrontation were growing – and more serious than concerns about climate change.

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